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1 data center project in Saline Township

Who decides here: the Township Board of Saline Township votes on zoning. The Washtenaw County may review big projects too.

In Saline Township

Being built

Stargate data center campus ("The Barn"), Saline Township

Saline, Washtenaw County

250 acres · for OpenAI and Oracle

🕒 Dec 18, 2025: MPSC approved DTE's power contracts with conditions, without a full contested case.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 6 miles away

Sansone Group data center on Toyota land, York Township

York Township, Washtenaw County

412 acres

🕒 March 2026: Toyota was told Sansone Group was withdrawing from the land deal.

Stopped or cancelledabout 13 miles away

Thor Equities data center near Milan, Augusta Township

Augusta Township, Washtenaw County

500 acres

🕒 Aug 4, 2026: Voters overturned the rezoning in a referendum, about 90% against.

Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles away

Project Ironwood, Dundee Township

Dundee, Monroe County

750 acres

🕒 Oct 7, 2025: Village of Dundee shelved a pre-agreement with Cloverleaf for water and sewer service.

Proposedabout 14 miles away

University of Michigan / Los Alamos computing center, Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County

144 acres · for University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory

🕒 Aug 11, 2026: U-M confirmed the Textile Road site.

Local votes and rules

📌 Other · Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County commissioners passed a resolution praising towns that paused data centers and urging others to do the same. They also backed a state bill to take back $100 million in state money for the University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center.

March 18, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case

A judge refused a nearby resident's request to join the case and undo the Saline Township settlement. The judge said the request came too late and the board did approve the deal in a public vote. The resident's lawyer said they were looking at next steps.

Feb 20, 2026Source

🤝 Agreement with the company

The township settled the lawsuit and the data center was allowed. Terms: a 55-decibel noise limit, no water-based cooling, no expansion, about 200 acres kept as open land, plus $4 million for farmland, $2 million for a community fund and $8 million for fire services. A resident later asked the court to throw it out, saying the vote was not public.

Oct 15, 2025Source

⚖️ Court case

Developer Related Digital and the landowners sued Saline Township, saying the denial was 'exclusionary zoning'. The case ended with a consent judgment (a court-approved settlement) in October 2025.

Sept 12, 2025Source

✋ Turned down

The township board voted 4-1 against rezoning farmland for a large data center. The developer sued two days later, and the township then settled (see the agreement record).

Sept 10, 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Saline Township: Village of Clinton (not available) or DTE Electric Company (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Michigan.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • How much water will the on-site well use per day?
  • Will new power lines or substations be built for the site?
  • Were any tax breaks given for the project?
  • Fortune reported about 475 more acres in nearby Bridgewater Township are part of the campus. What is planned there?

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