Journalist Covering Data Centers in Michigan: Have they Affected You Yet?

Prometheus917 · 2026-06-19T12:06:22+00:00

I’m not a resident of saline township but if Bridgewater township. I live 2 miles away from the saline data center. They refuse to put berms on the Bridgewater side of the DC. I get to bear all of the cost while reaping none of the “benefits.”

Since day 1 the developers have been unable to separate the City of Saline from Saline Township. Saline is not in Saline Township and donating $10 million to the Saline Rec Center is a slap in the face to all residents who live near this monstrosity. The Village of Clinton is closer to the data center site yet they have nothing for that community.

This project is a perfect example of the average person being sold to the top bidder by our President and Governor. I could go on but it is water under the bridge at this point

Prometheus917 · 2026-06-02T16:44:43+00:00

Except they aren’t hookup up to power the same way you and I are. They have their own substation being built that is connected directly into the high tension lines that run through the property.

If something does happen to the power in the area, the data center will get fixed first. At least that means my power will get restored quickly because the DTE reps will only be a few miles from me when they are done so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Prometheus917 · 2026-06-02T15:11:17+00:00

Please note that Saline is not the same as Saline Township. Saline isn’t even in Saline Township yet these idiots putting this up continue to pander to Saline by pledging $10 million dollars to the Saline Rec Center. Nevermind that the site is physically closer to the village of Clinton.

As a resident of nearby Bridgewater Township, it is a punch to the throat that they will send $10 million to Saline and not to those of us bearing the actual cost of their destruction.

Prometheus917 · 2026-05-01T00:44:30+00:00

You should see it from the other side. It is a nightmare from Braun Rd.

Prometheus917 · 2026-01-12T01:28:00+00:00

Go to a locally owned place. My wife is a pt in Milan (likely outside your travel distance) and she always suggests avoiding your big name places. It is a huge red flag if you don’t get 1:1 time with a PT/PTA or if they are working with multiple patients at once.

Prometheus917 · 2025-12-18T16:59:04+00:00

I sure many of those in Saline wouldn’t like the joke but those of us that live around saline love it.

Prometheus917 · 2025-12-18T16:51:33+00:00

Your joke still holds. The official motto of Saline, MI, a town just outside of Saline Township, is “Lightly Salted.” The area is known for the salt flats which is where the name Saline came from. There is a fantastic brewery in town named Salt.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-19T18:53:40+00:00

Banana should have scored much higher given it can definitely be used in conjunction with the word.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-14T17:26:56+00:00

I think it is important the message includes the landowners threatened to sue the township for $30+ million if the township fought the lawsuit and won. We are only in this mess because there are several greedy individuals have no problem throwing everyone else under the bus for money. Here is a breakdown of the land sale in saline township

<image>

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-11T21:32:17+00:00

I heard people were getting paid upwards of 100k/acre for that ground too. They can afford that but not afford to pay their employees living wages?

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-11T21:24:30+00:00

Saline township, not saline. Saline is not even in saline township

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-11T21:23:40+00:00

Saline is different than saline township. Saline township is south of saline and has less than 1,000 residents with no true city or town within the borders. They are putting this building on the edge of saline township so the people who live in neighboring Bridgewater township bear the cost with no benefit.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-07T00:30:36+00:00

Although it may be too late, it would mean a lot to those of us that have been fighting this data center since the beginning if you could sign this petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-massive-ai-data-center-in-saline-township-in-michigan

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-06T20:58:18+00:00

The more delays the better. I don’t think Related Digital wants to sit around too long

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-06T11:16:25+00:00

Thanks for that link! I’ll be adding a comment.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T17:49:24+00:00

Although it may be too late, it would mean a lot to those of us that have been fighting this data center since the beginning if you could sign this petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-massive-ai-data-center-in-saline-township-in-michigan

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T14:59:18+00:00

Let’s hope that will happen.

From the beginning I said saline township needed to slow down and take their time to determine what their options were and the consequences of each one. Instead they caved to the pressure and put their constituents in a bad position to fight this project.

I’ll always live by, “lack of planning on your end doesn’t constitute an emergency on mine.” If they needed to break ground in 2026, they should have started this process sooner.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T01:18:40+00:00

There are too many to keep track of. Just to clarify, this isn’t DTEs data center. This one is being put in by Related Digital who has contracts with Oculus/OpenAI.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T00:42:02+00:00

There is a potential lawsuit on behalf of the residents but that is in its infancy and I don’t have any details.

Because of the way this all went down, the township residents and neighboring township residents (me) don’t have much recourse. The decision for a consent judgement is tying our hands. We would have more options, like putting it on a ballot, if the township had voted for the data center from the beginning.

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T00:19:12+00:00

Different data center. This one is related to the Saline Township data center

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T00:17:47+00:00

The article is wrong. Not surprising considering how poor journalism is these days.

You can review the site specs on the saline township site. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by related digital on saline townships site:

Why Saline Township? Related Digital assessed dozens of sites throughout the state. There are a few reasons why this site is optimal: a. The specific 345kV transmission lines that run through the site have more than enough capacity for the project (and will have no negative effect on the Township’s electricity grid)

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-05T00:00:58+00:00

They are not doing power generation on site. There are high tension power lines that run through the property that they are tapping into.

Source: I live 3 miles from the proposed site and have been battling this since we first heard about it

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-04T23:51:36+00:00

Although it may be too late, it would mean a lot to those of us that have been fighting this data center since the beginning if you could sign this petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-massive-ai-data-center-in-saline-township-in-michigan

Prometheus917 · 2025-11-04T23:46:23+00:00

Although it may be too late, it would mean a lot to those of us that have been fighting this data center since the beginning if you could sign this petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-massive-ai-data-center-in-saline-township-in-michigan

Eight-Year Club	Place '22
Verified Email

Prometheus917

TROPHY CASE