Augusta Township voters overwhelmingly overturned a rezoning tied to a proposed hyperscale data center Aug. 4, while regulatory decisions continued to shape the large data center project in Saline Township. Augusta Voters Overturn Data Center RezoningAugusta Township voters rejected the industrial rezoning of more than 500 acres of farmland near Milan eyed for a data center project by New York-based Thor Equities. The Augusta Township Board of Trustees had approved rezoning seven parcels from agricultural residential to general industrial. Together, they count toward a 1,383-megawatt storage requirement tied to DTE’s contracts serving Green Chile Ventures’ Washtenaw County data center. EGLE Clarifies Saline River WastewaterMore information has also emerged about a proposed wastewater discharge into the Saline River tied to the Saline Township project.