In bid to stop Saline Data Center tax break, an attorney argues the township skipped crucial steps

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: August 14, 2026

Words: 540

Last Updated: 4 days, 7 hours ago

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Following the Saline Township Board of Trustees’ decision to sign off on a property tax abatement for a controversial hyperscale data center under development by Oracle, OpenAI and Related Digital, one resident and her attorney are calling on the Michigan State Tax Commission to deny the request.

In a letter to the commission submitted on Wednesday, Kathryn Haushalter of Saline Township and Ellis Boal, an attorney from Charlevoix, said the $43 billion project is ineligible …

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