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          "title": "OpenAI data center project south of Ann Arbor hits 1 million work hours - MLive.com",
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          "title": "Record $16B Data Center Project Advances in Michigan - enr.com",
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          "title": "‘We don’t even know who signed the contracts’: AG Nessel challenges Michigan’s secret data center deal - thelivingstonpost.com",
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          "title": "This golf course’s new owners are building $16 billion data center next door - GOLF.com",
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