Data Center Record.
MI Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees July 15, 2026

Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees Resolution Opposing $1.25B Data Center

Ypsilanti Charter Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo and the Board of Trustees adopted a formal resolution opposing the 1.25 billion dollar University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory data center targeted for Bridge and Textile Roads.

Jurisdiction Ypsilanti, MI
Governing Body Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees
Meeting Date July 15, 2026
Extracted Clips 3 clips · 2 opposed · 0 supporting
Zoning Power & Grid Water Tax Abatements
Source YouTube recording ↗ Official agenda & minutes portal ↗
Archived meeting broadcast · WXYZ TV Detroit | Channel 7 Ready at Clip 1 (0:13 to 0:42) · Brenda Stumbo, Supervisor, Ypsilanti Charter Township
Open source video on YouTube ↗

Privacy enhanced player · zero third party requests until clicked

Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees Resolution Opposing $1.25B Data Center

Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees · July 15, 2026

Timestamped Speaker & Testimony Ledger

3 verified timestamped clips extracted chronologically from the closed caption record. Select any clip to play that exact window in the master player or copy a canonical clip link.

  1. Clip 1 · 0:13 Brenda Stumbo, Supervisor, Ypsilanti Charter Township Elected Official Opposed transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Power & Grid Water

    Ypsilanti Charter Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo and the Board of Trustees pass a formal resolution opposing the planned 1.25 billion dollar University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center.

    "AS LEADERS PUSHED BACK AGAINST A PLANNED DATA CENTER PROJECT. YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP HAS ADOPTED A FORMAL RESOLUTION TO BLOCK THE FACILITY TARGETED FOR BRIDGE IN TEXTILE ROADS. IT'S PART OF A BROADER TREND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FROM SOUTHFIELD TO LINE TOWNSHIP DATA CENTER PROJECTS ARE FACING GROWING OPPOSITION. 7 NEWS DETROIT REPORTER BRETT KAST IS AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF A COMMUNITY DEMANDING ANSWERS"

    YouTube at 0:13 ↗
  2. Clip 2 · 0:42 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording

    Residents and community speakers address Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees regarding local water, power grid, noise, and zoning impacts.

    "TO BUILD. >> WELL, THE EXACT LOCATION AND STATUS OF THIS PROJECT REMAINS UNKNOWN. AND TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD RESIDENTS THEY'RE STRONGLY AGAINST THIS PROJECT. AND AS YOU CAN TELL FROM THESE SIGNS, MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST IT TO GET THE OUT >> IT'S NO SECRET THAT IT'S LANEY TOWNSHIP IS STRONGLY AGAINST A NEW PROPOSED DATA CENTER. DOZENS OF RESIDENTS FILLED THE CIVIC CENTER FOR AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING AS"

    YouTube at 0:42 ↗
  3. Clip 3 · 1:15 Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees Member Elected Official Questioning transcribed from the official recording
    Zoning Power & Grid Water Tax Abatements

    Ypsilanti Charter Township Board of Trustees members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.

    "RESPECTED. OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT FOR SALE. >> A VAST MAJORITY JOINING IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED CENTER, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE PROJECT IS NOT A COMMERCIAL DATA CENTER, BUT RATHER A RESEARCH COMPUTING CENTER AND AS A RESULT WILL USE ONE TENTH THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY AS A TYPICAL"

    YouTube at 1:15 ↗

Using this data in a report? Support the record.

Said and filed

Said and filed

Statements and filings, side by side

Statement and primary filing State of Michigan / Ypsilanti Charter Township Hearing Record → Project Dossier: oracle-and-openai-saline-township-data-center-washtenaw-mi →
Tax Abatements Power & Grid Water Zoning
Column A · Dated Statement
Gretchen Whitmer Governor of Michigan
Venue: Michigan Enrolled Senate Bill 237 (PA 181) & House Bill 4906 (PA 207) Signing Statement
"Signed Enrolled Senate Bill 237 and House Bill 4906 extending Michigan sales and use tax exemptions for enterprise data centers through 2050, stating that the legislation pairs economic recruitment with Michigan's clean energy statutory mandate and ratepayer protections."
WXYZ TV Detroit Channel 7
Source video ↗
Column B · Primary Government Record
Michigan Public Act 233 & Public Act 235 Clean Energy Statutory Mandate vs. MPSC Case U-21990 Large Load Filings & PA 181/207 Text
Michigan PA 233 & PA 235 (MI Clean Energy Future) · PA 181 & PA 207 of 2024 · MPSC Case U-21990 / EGLE Filings
Agency or Venue: Michigan Legislature, Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), and EGLE
"The statutory text of Public Acts 181 and 207 of 2024 grants sales and use tax exemptions through 2050 while deferring clean energy compliance certification and allowing utilities to extend fossil generation if clean capacity is unavailable under Public Act 235, while Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC Case U-21990) and EGLE filings document multi gigawatt data center load requests that prompted Ypsilanti Charter Township's July 15, 2026 opposition resolution and 180 day electrical moratorium."
Primary Record / Docket Source ↗
WXYZ TV Detroit Channel 7
Source video ↗

Related Records on Data Center Record

Jurisdiction & Local Rules

Linked Data Center Projects (2)

Speakers on the Public Record

More Public Hearings in Michigan

Researcher view · basis and source tier on every row · docket and Census GEOIDs · citation and export tools

Commercial and bulk data