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Jocelyn Benson’s husband is VP of company forcing data center on Saline Township
The Midwesterner ^ | Nov. 6, 2025 | Victor Skinner

Posted on 11/06/2025 7:01:30 PM PST by madison10

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is fast-tracking approvals for a massive AI datacenter in Saline Township.

Locals oppose the project, but few are more excited about it than Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s husband, Ryan Friedrichs.

Friedrichs, vice president for billionaire Stephen Ross’ Related Companies, celebrated the project on LinkedIn.

“Thank you again to all our community, state, regional, and national partners who worked tirelessly with us this year, and will into the future,” Friedrichs wrote in the post, which linked to another from Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau.


TOPICS: US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: daracenters; datacenters; democrats; dundeemichigan; friedrichs; gretchenwhitmer; michigan; nepotism; ryanfriedrichs; saline; secretaryofstate; stephenross

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Benson is Michigan's Secretary of State. Our communities DO NOT WANT the data centers. The democrats passed a law making fighting these and solar fields almost impossible.
1 posted on 11/06/2025 7:01:30 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10
Suddenly profligate use of electricity and pollution is OK if you are a commie.

By the way, what were you saying about global warming? And why did you make me use shitty
light bulbs, and washing machines that don't clean, and automobiles that struggle on a steep grade?

2 posted on 11/06/2025 7:09:40 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Exactly!


3 posted on 11/06/2025 7:11:40 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: madison10

A friend has one going in near her. GROK AI created a report for her linking to other complaints/towns which were relatively devastated by the arrival of the data centers. 30% drop in property values - the company buys up farmland cheap. Goes downhill from there. Maybe get together with people who know how to get the best out of GROK to generate a report proving the blight, property sale loss etc. which collects over time to be the worst as the 4 year mark.


4 posted on 11/06/2025 7:15:16 PM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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WHO is able to access—and manipulate/modify—all this data?


5 posted on 11/06/2025 7:16:27 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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Most data centers rent out space and are quite secure. I work regularly in Iron Mountain, and access to data is like the opening of Get Smart with added biomrtrics and passcodes. Lots of cameras.


6 posted on 11/06/2025 7:26:10 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: madison10

That skank Benson is going to run for governor, will take all bets.


7 posted on 11/06/2025 7:41:26 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: quantim

Likely. I can not stand any of that witchy trifecta.

I heard that the former Detroit mayor and even John James are planning to run.


8 posted on 11/06/2025 7:50:56 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: ransomnote

These data center construction projects all over the country remind me of the dot.com bust and we can expect a backlash not so far away. It is said that the power companies will spread the bills for electricity over all their consumer base, this will not play well.


9 posted on 11/06/2025 7:51:37 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: lightman

I do not know. It isn’t the data that is of concern. It is high water usage and the electricity costs being past on to nearby residents. Our water table has enough problems as it is.


10 posted on 11/06/2025 7:53:36 PM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: lightman

Good question!


11 posted on 11/06/2025 7:58:20 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: quantim

Yes she will and like that thieving bitch Hobbs in AZ she will use the SOS office to steal it.


12 posted on 11/06/2025 8:15:19 PM PST by iamgalt
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To: madison10

See link : https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/marshall-aquifer

Marshall Aquifer has naturally high levels of Arsenic.


13 posted on 11/07/2025 1:59:21 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Democrats' official policy is now, “Hate, Violence and Murder". Change my mind.)
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To: madison10
The witches of the Mitten


14 posted on 11/07/2025 2:46:06 AM PST by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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Our county in southern Michigan is scarred with hundreds of acres of solar panels. Farmland is forever gone where they are erected.


15 posted on 11/07/2025 5:22:49 AM PST by healy61
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Are you in Lenawee County? It is very sad. I saw some in the Deerfield area were pushing for it.

People do NOT want solar (or the d$%# data centers), but our state government and those with lots of $$$ keep bulldozing over the wishes of the communities. All the zoning “regulations” go out the windows.


16 posted on 11/07/2025 7:48:46 AM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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To: equaviator

Perfect!


17 posted on 11/07/2025 7:49:33 AM PST by madison10 (There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.)
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