AI Data Centers coming to Michigan
Working with local grassroots, we've compiled a list of the hyperscale AI data center projects that have been proposed or are currently being built across Michigan.
Washtenaw County
Saline Township
Ypsilanti Township
Ypsilanti Township
Project Stargate (active)
- Status: under construction
- Developer: OpenAI, Oracle, Related Digital (Stephen Ross)
- Size: 250 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 1.4+ gigawatts per day (equivalent to a large city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
- Articles
Ypsilanti Township
Ypsilanti Township
Ypsilanti Township
Los Alamos Laboratory (pending)
- Status: construction slated for 2027
- Developer: University of Michigan and US Department of Energy
- Size: 225 acres
- Subsidies: $100M SSRP grant from MEDC’s Michigan Strategic Fund
- Water: ~5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: Commercial & residential village
York Township
Augusta Township
Augusta Township
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer officially withdrawn
- Developer: Sansone Group
- Size: 412 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Augusta Township
Augusta Township
Augusta Township
(pending)
- Status: zoning has been taken to a referendum, awaiting ballot vote
- Developer: Thor Equities
- Size: 1,000 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
Oakland County
Oakland University
Oakland University
Oakland University
(pending)
- Status: pending approval from board of trustees
- Developer: unknown
- Size: unknown
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~500,000 gallons per day
- Energy: 26 megawatts
- Neighborhood: university / commercial / residential
Auburn Hills
Oakland University
Oakland University
(pending)
- Status: Operational data center has been acquired, expansion announced
- Developer: US Signal
- Size: over 17,000sf
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~500,000 gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~5+ megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Lyon Township / New Hudson
Lyon Township / New Hudson
Lyon Township / New Hudson
Project Flex (active)
- Status: pending site plan application approval
- Developer: Verrus
- Size: 172 acres, greenfield (1.8 million square feet)
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: Rural residential
Southfield
Lyon Township / New Hudson
Lyon Township / New Hudson
(active)
- Status: approved by City Council
- Developer: Metrobloks
- Size: 109,000 square feet
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~500,000 gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~30+ megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: commercial
Monroe County
Berlin Charter Township / Newport
Frenchtown Charter Township / Monroe
Berlin Charter Township / Newport
(pending)
- Status: pending moratorium expiration November 2026
- Developer: unknown
- Size: unknown
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Dundee
Frenchtown Charter Township / Monroe
Berlin Charter Township / Newport
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer has withdrawn pre-application
- Developer: Cloverleaf Infrastructure
- Size: 750 acres, encompassing Dundee Township, Milan Township, and Dundee Village
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100-300+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: Residential & agricultural
Frenchtown Charter Township / Monroe
Frenchtown Charter Township / Monroe
Frenchtown Charter Township / Monroe
Project Cherry Blosson (withdrawn)
- Status: developer has withdrawn
- Developer: Cloverleaf
- Size: 275 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Wayne County
Gibraltar
Van Buren Township / Belleville
Allen Park
(pending)
- Status: site plan application has been submitted; moratorium is in effect
- Developer: Raeden
- Size: unknown (superfund site DSC Mclouth Steel Gibraltar Plant)
- Subsidies: Federal Superfund subsidies
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons per day
- Energy: ~100 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Allen Park
Van Buren Township / Belleville
Allen Park
(pending)
- Status: Planning Commission has denied the developer’s site plan
- Developer: Solstice Data
- Size: 45,000 square feet
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~500K million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 26 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Van Buren Township / Belleville
Van Buren Township / Belleville
Van Buren Township / Belleville
Project Cannoli (pending)
- Status: pending site plan application submission
- Developer: Panattoni for Google
- Size: 280 acres / 1.5M square foot
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: 3-4 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 1+ gigawatt per day
- Neighborhood: residential
Kent & Allegan Counties
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
Switch Pyramid expansion (active)
- Status: expansion is under construction
- Developer: Switch (currently operates “the Pyramid”)
- Size: 124+ acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: commercial & residential
Gaines Township (Microsoft)
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
(pending)
- Status: pending rezoning and site plan application
- Developer: Microsoft
- Size: 316 acres
Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks - Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Lowell
Gaines Township / Grand Rapids (Switch)
Solon Township
Project Birch (pending)
- Status: pending water agreements and site plan application
- Developer: Franklin Partners, for Microsoft, in partnership with public-private EDC, The Right Place
- Size: 237 acres (+ four additional parcels)
- Subsidies: $17.5M SSRP grant (SOAR) from the MEDC, as managed by The Right Place + state DC tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 mi
Project Birch (pending)
- Status: pending water agreements and site plan application
- Developer: Franklin Partners, for Microsoft, in partnership with public-private EDC, The Right Place
- Size: 237 acres (+ four additional parcels)
- Subsidies: $17.5M SSRP grant (SOAR) from the MEDC, as managed by The Right Place + state DC tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Solon Township
Solon Township
Solon Township
Project Peninsula (pending)
- Status: pending moratorium and data center ordinances
- Developer: Venerly LLC, in partnership with The Right Place
- Size: 800+ acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Dorr Township
Solon Township
Dorr Township
(pending)
- Status: pending moratorium
- Developer: Microsoft, with Lakeshore Advantage
- Size: 272 acres
Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks - Water: 600,000+ gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Manistee & Kalkaska Counties
Stronach Township
Stronach Township
Stronach Township
(pending)
- Status: Land is purchased; no formal applications have been submitted.
- Developer: Tondu Corp.
- Size: 150 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: rural agricultural & forestry
Kalkaska
Stronach Township
Stronach Township
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer withdrawn
- Developer: none currently (formerly Rocklocker)
- Size: 1,500 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: Rural residential & agricultural
Macomb & Genesee Counties
Lenox Township
Washington Charter Township
Washington Charter Township
(pending)
- Status: pending zoning ordinances
- Developer: Spartan Real Estate Group and/or Cloverleaf
- Size: 1,500 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: 5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
Washington Charter Township
Washington Charter Township
Washington Charter Township
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer has withdrawn
- Developer: Prologis
- Size: 312 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 760 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Flint
Washington Charter Township
Flint
old Buick City (pending)
- Status: pending applications & moratorium
- Developer: Hillwood-Sterling
Size: 200 acres (old Buick City brownfield site) - Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~500+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a mid-sized city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
Jackson, Livingston, & INgham Counties
Mason / Vevay Township
Mason / Vevay Township
Mason / Vevay Township
(pending)
- Status: pending developer announcement
- Developer: rumored to be Microsoft
- Size: multiple potential sites, 100s of acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~2-10 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100 megawatts - 1 gigawatt per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Lansing
Mason / Vevay Township
Mason / Vevay Township
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer withdrawn
- Developer: Deep Green
- Size: 2.7 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 24+ megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: commercial & residential
Jackson County
Jackson County
Jackson County
(pending)
- Status: pending developer announcement
- Developer: unknown
- Size: ~150 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, state Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons per day
- Energy: ~100-500 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Howell
Jackson County
Jackson County
Project Splitrock (withdrawn)
- Status: zoning application withdrawn; developer is “reevaluating” the project
- Developer: Meta (allegedly)
- Size: 1,077 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: ~100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
Kalamazoo, Calhoun, Cass, & Berrien Counties
Kalamazoo
Pavillion Township
Pavillion Township
(pending)
- Status: pending developer interest
- Developer: tbd
- Size: Harbor Farmz 36,000sf facility
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: up to 500,000 gallons of water per day
- Energy: up to 15 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Pavillion Township
Pavillion Township
Pavillion Township
(withdrawn)
- Status: developer has withdrawn zoning request
- Developer: Franklin Partners
- Size: 265 acres, greenfield
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: 5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: Residential & agricultural
Marshall
Pavillion Township
Marshall
(pending)
- Status: pending developer application
- Developer: Alterra & Marshall Area Economic Development Alliance
- Size: 270 acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: 1-5 millions of gallons per day
- Energy: 1.4 gigawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Dowagiac
Benton Harbor
Marshall
(active)
- Status: expansions are active
- Developer: Hyperscale Data (formerly Ault Alliance)
- Size: 34+ acres (expansion of existing standard data center to hyperscale)
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: ~1-5 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 340 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor
Benton Harbor
(pending)
- Status: no project formally announced; Mayor is welcoming developers
- Developer: unknown
- Size: unknown
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: up to 15 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100 megawatts - 1.4 gigawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & agricultural
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
(pending)
- Status: pending developer interest
- Developer: tbd
- Size: Harbor Farmz 36,000sf facility
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: up to 500,000 gallons of water per day
- Energy: up to 15 megawatts per day
- Neighborhood: residential & commercial
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