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Gretchen Whitmer has 2 statements on data centers on the record.
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- · Supports · Political Currents by Ross Barkan
- · Raises concern · CBS News
What they said
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer in July asked data center companies to sign a 10 point pledge on costs, environmental permits and hiring, and called on Legislature to write guardrails into law
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: September 22, 2026.
Primary Sources:
- CBS News (opens in a new tab), national outlet
Label rationale: Both readings of the statement agreed. The words that set it: "asked data center companies to sign a 10 point pledge on costs, environmental permits and hiring, and called on Legislature to write guardrails into law".
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Gretchen Whitmer has championed the data center and likened Michigan's AI investments to propping up a new version of Michigan's auto industry
Context & source notes
Format & Provenance: Paraphrased from source.
Where & When: September 16, 2026.
Primary Sources:
Label rationale: Both readings of the statement agreed. The words that set it: "championed the data center and likened Michigan's AI investments to propping up a new version of Michigan's auto industry".
Where we looked
- roster (nga.org (opens in a new tab)): checked October 15, 2026, nothing found; secondary source: the official site https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer answered 403 on October 15, 2026; the weekly sweep reads https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer again and replaces this source with it when the page names the governor
How they voted
No vote on a data center measure on the record.
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Data Center Record, "Public statements by Gretchen Whitmer", https://datacenterrecord.org/speakers/gretchen-whitmer, last verified October 20, 2026.
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Last verified: October 13, 2026.