Photo: Saline Township Hall is pictured at dusk, where township officials have faced months of public meetings, legal pressure, and intense scrutiny surrounding the proposed data center and the decision to approve it with conditions as part of a lawsuit settlement. Photo by Doug Marrin Editor’s note: Public opposition to the proposed data center has ...
“We can set an example for the rest of the nation on how to build these facilities the right way and grow our economy at the same time.” Yesterday, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a public comment to the Michigan Public Services Commission (MPSC) in support of data center development in Michigan and specifically the ...
Michigan AG Dana Nessel argues the hearing “would amount to little more than performative listening rather than thorough public scrutiny,” unless the MPSC grants her request for a contested proceeding. MPSC Schedules Public HearingOn November 18th, 2025, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) announced it scheduled a public hearing on DTE’s ex parte request for ...
DTE needs new, $300 million substation to support the data center proposed for Saline Township On November 6, 2025 the office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed a “notice of intervention” with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) in response to DTE’s earlier request to MPSC to fast track approval of its contracts for ...
Photo: Residents packed the Saline Township joint meeting on Sept. 24, 2025, voicing both support and opposition to the proposed data center project. Photo by Steven Sheldon Saline Township is being sued by developers and landowners who claim the township’s zoning unfairly blocks them from building a proposed data center. The township hosted a joint ...
The planned construction of a data center in Saline township has led to much citizen discussion at recent township meetings. The proposed data center would be built by Related Digital and would span 575 acres, which was purchased from local families. In order to address concerns and questions from local residents, the company will be ...
The combined Saline Township Board and members of the Planning Commission hosted a joint fact-finding meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the township hall at 3 p.m. The meeting was arranged with the sole purpose of the members receiving additional information about the rezoning request by Related Digital for a 250-acre data center, proposed to be ...
After a three-hour meeting on Wednesday evening, August 13, 2025, the Saline Township Board voted unanimously to table data center developer Related Digital’s rezoning request for 525 acres north of US-12 and east of Braun Road until its next board meeting on September 10th. Board Supervisor Jim Marion, with assistance from Treasurer Jennifer Zink, did ...
Commission votes 5-2 against rezoning 575-acre parcel from agricultural to industrial use; Township Board to decide next Following last week’s regular planning commission meeting, another meeting was convened Tuesday evening, August 12, 2025, at the Saline Township Hall. The only agenda item was the conditional rezoning request from Related Digital on a 575-acre parcel to ...
The Saline Township Planning Commission tabled a rezoning request from Related Digital for a 575-acre data center site, citing the need for more information after hearing extensive community feedback. Image: Conceptual rendering of the data center. Courtesy Related Digital In an overflow crowd at the Saline Township Planning Commission meeting Tuesday evening, a public hearing ...
Photo: SalineTownship.Org The Saline Township Board met on July 9 to handle routine business and hear updates on several ongoing and potential development projects. Related Digital The board held a brief discussion about a potential development project that would span both Saline & Bridgewater townships. Related Digital is a national company with offices in twenty-eight ...
Jupiter Energy pitched a $10 million-plus battery project that promises major revenue—but not everyone is ready to flip the switch. Photo: Approximate location of the proposed battery storage facility in Saline Township. Photo: Google Maps. The Saline Township Planning Commission listened to a lengthy presentation from Jupiter Energy about its Voyager Battery Storage Facility at ...
Invenergy updates officials on a large-scale solar energy proposal as residents push back on rezoning plans. Questions linger about the potential size and impact of Invenergy’s proposed solar energy project within Saline Township. Invenergy Update Shawn Keenan, a representative from Invenergy, provided the planning commission with an update at its February 4, 2025, meeting on ...
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