LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer submitted public comment to the Michigan Public Service Commission on Wednesday, formally supporting the multibillion-dollar OpenAI Stargate project that she called the largest business investment in Michigan's history .

The data center project in Saline Township is expected to create more than 2,500 union construction jobs, over 450 permanent on-site positions and 1,500 additional jobs across Washtenaw County, according to the governor's office.

In her comments to regulators, Whitmer emphasized that Michigan must act quickly to secure the project amid fierce competition from other states and global rivals like China.

"Right now, time is of the essence," Whitmer wrote. "There is a shortage of global computing capacity, and China is m

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