Michiganders Against Data Centers
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Michiganders Against Data Centers (MAD) exists to support and connect communities in this shared fight against the alarming rise in AI data centers. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/michiganbemad
This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”
Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives
One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.
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We did it! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who collected, supported, donated, & signed! ♥️ Not done yet - not until we get #MopUpMichigan on the November ballot and win. And then we'll take back our power from the utilities & corporate contractors & make a MI that works for us. 🙌 @michiganmop.bsky.social
A big #MopUpMichigan victory today! "After nearly a year of tireless organizing by volunteers and supporters, voters are one major step closer to making their voices heard at the ballot box to rein in out-of-control corrupt spending by big corporations and state-regulated utilities." 1/2
Michigan Advance@michiganadvance.com · 2w agoState canvassers finds Michigan’s ‘Money out of Politics’ effort has sufficient valid signatures michiganadvance.com/2026/07/24/b... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
Ain't no power like the power of the people! 🙌 We're in Lansing with #MopUpMichigan @ the board of state canvassers hearing. Thank you to all circulators (including our amazing canvass staff and volunteers!) who got over half a million signatures for money out of MI politics. Let the people vote!
Shout out to @saline-indivisible.bsky.social @cleanwatermi.bsky.social @miclimateaction.bsky.social @detroitdsa.bsky.social @michiganunited.bsky.social and all the other hard working Michiganders putting the pressure on Whitmer. Keep it up! We're all Michiganders Against Data Centers! ✋
MLive@mlive.com · 3w agoThe governor, a booster of large-scale data center projects, also wants lawmakers to pass statewide data center regulations protecting the environment and shielding utility ratepayers from cost increases.
Fixed it: Billionaires apply for MORE corporate welfare. Oracle, the tenant of the Saline Twp data center project, wants 50% property tax cuts since its costs have skyrocketed from $7B to over $43B in under a year. They already pay no sales/use taxes. Twp residents get nothing for their trouble.
Also, DTE raising rates on customers and helping build AI data centers doesn't sound like it's helping Michiganders at all. All good reasons why initiatives like @michiganmop.bsky.social are so important to get money out of politics so companies like DTE can't pay off politicians for favors.
Michigan Advance@michiganadvance.com · 2mo agoDTE Energy did not pay current federal income taxes for the twelfth consecutive year in 2025 despite reporting $1.54 billion in profits, according to public documents reviewed by Michigan Advance. Story from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social
A piece from @distillsocial.bsky.social about the current situation about data centers in Michigan and the impact recent events have had on politics. distillsocial.substack.com/p/a-plea-to-...
A Plea to Democrats: Stop the Data Center Rush
If Democrats want voters to believe they will fight for them, they have to stop handing communities over to tech billionaires, utilities, and surveillance companies.
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EXCUSE ME?!? 😡 This community belongs to US!
Hart Cunningham@hart28.bsky.social · 2mo agoMichigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸
Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸
Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download michiganadvance.com/2026/06/08/m... By @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download • Michigan Advance
A proposed data center in Mason seems to be moving forward, WILX’s Sarah Poulos reports, with Mason City Manager Deb Stuart sharing information on the next steps in its development at a city council m...
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Hey Michiganders! If you're frustrated by politicians pushing AI data centers into your backyard without your consent, here's how you can take action. The best way to resist these AI data centers is to show up to city council meetings, voice your opinion, and meet like minded people.
Here are a couple of reason why people are pushing back against AI data centers: 1. Secret deals 2. Job loss 3. Increased electrical cost 4. Environmental damage 5. Land theft 6. Bought out politicians 7. Not a profitable industry 8. Privacy invasion 9. Digital property theft 10. Gaslighting
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2mo ago"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months" lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...
The Saline community is against the data center being forced Into our town. Don’t buy into the narrative that we “welcome“ it. We don’t. They intend Saline to be the template for future data centers across the country. If you want to join our efforts, please reach out! salineindivisible.org
How much is your health, your rights, and your environment worth to you? Is $10 million enough to cover your town’s medical and utility bills? Enough to justify every move being watched? Enough to help breathe polluted air and drink poisoned water? Saline deserves better! 📰 @mlive.com
It's important to stay informed on the "why" Ai data centers are so problematic. This video from @floodlightnews.org and PBS is a great example of what is actually going on with facilities like these. The same thing applies to Ai data centers in Michigan.
Floodlight@floodlightnews.org · 2mo agoIn a new collaboration with PBS, we investigated one of the world’s largest AI data centers, using thermal drone footage to reveal the hidden pollution powering the AI boom.
In clips from the site of the Saline data center, so many of the speakers talk about how welcoming the community has been, that our input was vital and heard. Bullshit. We don’t want this. We didn’t get a voice. The decision was made without us, to use our resources to line their own pockets.
Watch CNBC's full interview with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins CNBC's David Faber from Stargate’s data center in the state. She addresses the need for more data centers in the U.S., backlash around AI and whether more regu...
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‼️They are setting up the Saline data center as a template to roll out these monstrosities in other communities. That’s why they keep lying about the residents of Saline “welcoming” this project; they want others to see us embracing the data center. Nope. We oppose it. We just don’t get a voice.
The Detroit News@detroitnews.com · 2mo agoThe tech billionaire told The Detroit News that "The Saline Barn" could be "a real template for how we engage with future communities."
We need real AI regulation to create guardrails and protect the ability for young people to have a job. We need leaders who aren’t bought off by Big Tech.
Sam Altman is in town declaring victory on a data center project they had to pass without public comment. We need Terms of Engagement at the federal level to keep Big Tech from rolling over state and local governments to shove projects down our throats without clear protections.
The Detroit News@detroitnews.com · 2mo agoThe tech billionaire told The Detroit News that "The Saline Barn" could be "a real template for how we engage with future communities."
Beyond disappointing, disturbing, and disgusting that this happened at all. Again, this is why initiatives like @michiganmop.bsky.social are so important to get money out of politics so that the priority of our government is to help the people first, not corporations.
Saline Indivisible@saline-indivisible.bsky.social · 2mo agoSellout Gov Whitmer posing with OpenAI’s Sam Altman at Saline data center site this afternoon. So gross 👎👎👎
Trying something new over @michiganadvance.com. From zoning meetings, to moratoriums to lawsuits, there's a lot going on with data centers in Michigan. So, we started a weekly roundup of stories and updates for anyone looking to stay in the know! michiganadvance.com/2026/06/01/m...
Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download • Michigan Advance
A Detroit-based law firm announced a class action lawsuit against a company operating a data center in Dowagiac, arguing that the noise the facility emits during its 24/7 operations has kept nearby re...
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Saline is in the news, but Lyon Township is fighting their own hyper scale data center. Tonight's board of trustees meeting is already over capacity indoors with dozens watching outside. Tune in: www.youtube.com/live/OSIPSdb... Act for a statewide morotorium act.cleanwater.org/page/192977/...
Michiganders are tired for politicians selling out the state to corporations. This project in Saline was rushed with little to no input from the residents. This is why initiatives like @michiganmop.bsky.social are so important to get money out of politics and put priority on helping the people.
TheFeralHermit@theferalhermit.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur governor poses with him, while the other politicians go along with or ignore it. I'm so tired of these spineless politicians.
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Thank you Michigan!! We did it! 🙌 Next stop: winning in November and bringing people power back. #MopUpMichigan
