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Michigan energy regulators conditionally approved a request Thursday to fast-track approval of contracts to power a planned data center near Ann Arbor.
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The Michigan Department of Natural Resources just bought an 8,844 acre area of land in Pigeon River Country State Forest. The public will be able to use the land for hunting, fishing, kayaking, and other recreation. -
I've seen where right-wing folks have been opining and conjecturing and outright accusing Governor Whitmer of corruption. That she's on the take from big tech and their billionaires to build their data centers. There doesn't seem to be actual evidence of that. It's projection. -
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The new license is “subject to updated and strengthened conditions designed to improve protection of the surrounding community and the environment,” regulators said. -
The Financial Times is reporting the $10 billion data center project backed by Oracle in Saline Township is “in limbo” after funding talks with an investment firm named Blue Owl stalled over concerns with debt terms and potential delays. -
Enbridge sought to stop the state from trying any further to shut down the pipeline, which in Wisconsin, runs through the Upper Peninsula, the Straits of Mackinac, and Lower Peninsula, before ending in Ontario, Canada. -
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