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          "summary": "Saline Township hired acoustic engineer Darren Brown to independently review noise study for Oracle and OpenAI data center",
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          "summary": "Hyperscale Data ceased all Bitcoin mining operations on September 1, 2026, at its Dowagiac, Michigan facility.",
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          "summary": "Hyperscale Data is converting the Michigan site into an AI data center",
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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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          "title": "Oracle’s $43B data center gets a tax break — but local officials put a big cap on it - Crain's Detroit",
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          "summary": "The Barn, OpenAI and Oracle's $7 billion hyperscale data center, will be built in Saline Township.",
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