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The $16 billion data center for OpenAI and Oracle’s Stargate AI infrastructure initiative was flat-out rejected by both the town's board and its planning commission in September.
The $16 billion OpenAI-Oracle Stargate data center proceeded despite being rejected by local government.
KEY POINTS
- Saline Township settled a lawsuit alleging exclusionary zoning, enabling construction and securing $14 million in community benefits.
- The data center will draw 1.4 gigawatts from DTE Energy, equal to a nuclear plant's output.
- Settlement allowed the project without formal rezoning, sidestepping a possible public referendum under Michigan law.
- Michigan officials actively courted OpenAI, with Governor Whitmer meeting Altman before Saline was chosen.
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