"Stop the Stargate Power Grab: Support HB 5594 to Protect Michigan’s Grid"


"Stop the Stargate Power Grab: Support HB 5594 to Protect Michigan’s Grid"
The Issue
The Issue: Michigan's Power and Future are Under Siege
The Problem: Corporate Overreach
Right now, Michigan is being targeted for massive "hyperscale" data centers, like the Stargate Project in Saline. These facilities are designed to consume up to 1.4 Gigawatts of power—enough to electricity 1.1 million Michigan homes.
The Threat: Your Wallet and Your Mind
The Energy Crisis: While families are being hit with a $272 million DTE rate hike (March 2026), these corporations are getting special deals. If the grid isn't protected, everyday ratepayers will be the ones subsidizing the massive infrastructure upgrades these AI "monsters" require.
The "Regime" of Control: Corporations want to implement a "bottom floor" AI regime where they own the technology that teaches our children and runs our jobs. We risk losing our cognitive sovereignty to a private "black box" that prioritizes profit over people.
The Solution: HB 5594 and a Public AI Utility
We are demanding that Michigan lawmakers take two immediate steps:
Pass HB 5594: We need an immediate one-year moratorium on all large-scale corporate data center construction until April 2027. This gives us time to build real protections for our grid and our water.
Declare AI a Public Utility: We want a future where AI is a Public Utility—owned by the community, powered by local micro-grids, and audited by Michigan parents and teachers.
We don't want their "bottom floor." We want to own the building. Reclaim Michigan's future today.

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The Issue
The Issue: Michigan's Power and Future are Under Siege
The Problem: Corporate Overreach
Right now, Michigan is being targeted for massive "hyperscale" data centers, like the Stargate Project in Saline. These facilities are designed to consume up to 1.4 Gigawatts of power—enough to electricity 1.1 million Michigan homes.
The Threat: Your Wallet and Your Mind
The Energy Crisis: While families are being hit with a $272 million DTE rate hike (March 2026), these corporations are getting special deals. If the grid isn't protected, everyday ratepayers will be the ones subsidizing the massive infrastructure upgrades these AI "monsters" require.
The "Regime" of Control: Corporations want to implement a "bottom floor" AI regime where they own the technology that teaches our children and runs our jobs. We risk losing our cognitive sovereignty to a private "black box" that prioritizes profit over people.
The Solution: HB 5594 and a Public AI Utility
We are demanding that Michigan lawmakers take two immediate steps:
Pass HB 5594: We need an immediate one-year moratorium on all large-scale corporate data center construction until April 2027. This gives us time to build real protections for our grid and our water.
Declare AI a Public Utility: We want a future where AI is a Public Utility—owned by the community, powered by local micro-grids, and audited by Michigan parents and teachers.
We don't want their "bottom floor." We want to own the building. Reclaim Michigan's future today.

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Petition created on March 31, 2026