Observed arrival · 2026-08-29
Data Center Darlings: Five Rules, One Michigan Project
An investigative microsite compares Jocelyn Benson’s five stated data-center guardrails with the public record surrounding a Saline Township, Michigan project.
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The project is organized as a five-part comparison: each quoted guardrail sits beside a short account of the cited public record. The page tracks a 4–1 rezoning rejection, a later consent judgment, a draft permit for a 15,750-gallon-per-day discharge, and a DTE rate request tied to conditions around the campus. It also separates the announced 2,500-plus union construction jobs from 450-plus permanent onsite jobs, whose union status remains unspecified.
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