Benson’s husband to recuse from state work on controversial data center if she is elected governor

Jocelyn Benson’s husband, Ryan Friedrichs, works to sell controversial data center to Saline City Council

Ryan Friedrichs, husband of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the leading Democrat candidate for governor, presented details this week on the data center his company is forcing on Saline Township. Friedrichs, vice president of billionaire Stephen Ross’ Related Companies, was at the Saline City Council on Monday, when he alleged the community is behind a plan to convert 575 acres of prime farmland in Saline Township into massive warehou…

Benson’s husband to recuse from state work on controversial data center if she is elected governor

A rendering of Related Digital’s planned data center in Saline Township, Mich. Credit: Related DigitalRyan Friedrichs, a vice president for the company pushing the controversial AI data center project in Saline Township, and the husband of Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, would recuse himself from any projects before the state if Benson is elected governor in 2026. That said, the company stopped short of saying that Friedrichs would leave his …