Michigan energy regulators are facing intensifying calls to put greater scrutiny on DTE Energy’s claims that its arrangement to serve a massive data center in Saline Township won’t burden power bills for other customers — days before the utility wants them to green-light the deal.

More than 860 people tuned in to an online public hearing Wednesday night, Dec. 3 dealing with DTE’s proposed contracts to power the planned 2.2-million-square-foot artificial intelligence data center for ChatGPT creator OpenAI and cloud computing giant Oracle.

Of the 46 who had a chance to speak in the roughly two hours allotted, many urged regulators with the Michigan Public Service Commission to slow down, denying DTE’s request for fast-tracked “ex parte” approval without formal legal review from outside

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