A massive data center planned for Saline Township is close to becoming a fait accompli, hammered into this tiny Washtenaw County community over the objections of residents, the elected board that represents them, and Michigan’s attorney general, absent expert or outside testimony save a cursory public hearing held over Microsoft Teams, and a startling lack of disclosure about some of the project’s key elements.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Stargate “hyperscale” data center (“hyperscale” means “big”) on Oct. 30, touting it as “the biggest investment in state history.”

At its Dec. 5 meeting, two days after the online hearing, the Michigan Public Service Commission is expected to vote on special contracts between the developers and DTE Energy Co., effectively concluding public d

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