Data centers

An attorney fighting a huge Saline Township data center argued Michigan zoning law still allows townships to exclude data centers under the demonstrated-need exception and shared his published paper.

Said Center Township residents never got Master Plan surveys and fears being uninformed like during the fracking era; wants data centers addressed in the Master Plan.

A 45-year Bliss Township resident urging that her community be included in Master Plan research and planning to protect the beach, pure water, and woods they cherish.

A member of the Bahwating-Ojibwe living in Odawa lands, opposing data centers on farmland and small towns, invoking the 2004 tribal-Governor water accord and urging protection of lakes, farms, and tourism for future generations.

Said she plans FOIA requests for any data-center communications, agreements, NDAs, land discussions, or traffic and environmental studies if movement occurs.

Urged the commission to address data centers, warning that poorly defined language could become a loophole that overrides community wishes.