Overview
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer touted the Saline Township project as the largest one-time investment in Michigan history, with officials projecting over 2,500 union construction jobs, about 450 permanent on-site roles, and roughly 1,500 additional county jobs.
- Related Digital will develop the multi‑billion‑dollar campus with DTE Energy service, and DTE says it will serve roughly 1.4 gigawatts of load using existing transmission while developers fund required grid upgrades and battery storage planning.
- The facility is designed to avoid new power generation and will use a closed-loop cooling system that does not require additional withdrawals from the Great Lakes.
- Developers committed to preserve more than 700 acres for farmland, wetlands, and forest and to invest $14 million in local fire services, a community fund, and a farmland preservation trust at the township’s request.
- The plan followed a Washtenaw County court-approved settlement after a township rezoning rejection and remains under Michigan Public Service Commission review as part of a broader Stargate buildout that lifts planned U.S. capacity above 8 gigawatts and total investment to roughly $450 billion.