The Michigan Monitor is a comprehensive intelligence tracking system documenting Michigan's rapid transformation into a major AI infrastructure hub. As data center developers target rural communities across the state with multi-billion dollar projects requiring massive energy and water resources, this system aggregates regulatory filings, environmental permits, utility negotiations, and community responses into actionable intelligence.

Updated weekly, this hub provides early-warning detection of new projects (often 6-12 months before public announcements), tracks the 16-gigawatt pipeline that could reshape Michigan's energy grid, and monitors the tension between economic development promises and environmental protection commitments. Whether you're a concerned citizen, environmental advocate, journalist, or policymaker, this is your real-time window into how AI's infrastructure demands are reshaping the Great Lakes state—and what's at stake for Michigan's clean energy future, water resources, and rural character.