Gretchen Whitmer wants data centers in Michigan — so they’re not built ‘somewhere else in a way that’s less smart’

Gretchen Whitmer wants data centers in Michigan — so they’re not built ‘somewhere else in a way that’s less smart’

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sat before a friendly crowd at the Michigan Chronicle’s “Pancakes & Politics” forum on Thursday, while pouring talk of Stargate on more thick than maple syrup. The $7 billion, 1.4 gigawatt data center is being developed by Related Digital on behalf of Oracle and Open AI on 575 acres located in Saline Township. Defending her aggressive push for power-hungry data centers, Whitmer told the audience that unless these facilities…