Michigan residents voted down a $16 billion Stargate AI data center, then construction began anyway
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A hot potato: While it's fair to say that a lot of people really dislike AI, those living near AI data centers hate the technology even more. The latest example of why sentiment against these facilities is so negative is the $16 billion Stargate AI data center, which is being built despite a township board voting to reject it.
Unsurprisingly, the few thousand residents of the small community of Saline Township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, were worried about OpenAI and Oracle's massive new $16 billion Stargate data center. Their concerns covered the usual issues: excessive water usage, the power draw on the regional grid, a huge increase in traffic, and the transformation of agricultural land into industrial campus.
The project, developed by Related Digital, was originally presented as a $7 billion facility before...
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