The $16 billion AI project that has one town worried about its water supply
- What was once a quiet stretch of Michigan farmland is becoming ground zero in America's AI boom — and many of the people who live there want no part of it.
- Cornfields and grain silos in Saline Township are giving way to towering cranes as construction begins on a $16 billion AI data center backed by OpenAI, Oracle, Blackstone, Related Digital and Walbridge.
- The massive project, known as "The Barn" and part of the Stargate initiative, will cover more than 250 acres.
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- What was once a quiet stretch of Michigan farmland is becoming ground zero in America's AI boom — and many of the people who live there want no part of it.
- Cornfields and grain silos in Saline Township are giving way to towering cranes as construction begins on a $16 billion AI data center backed by OpenAI, Oracle, Blackstone, Related Digital and Walbridge.
- The massive project, known as "The Barn" and part of the Stargate initiative, will cover more than 250 acres.
Sources: The Independent