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In Allegan and Kent Counties

Dorr & Gaines Township MICROSOFT AI DATA CENTERS

Microsoft has quietly acquired over 700 greenfield acres in west Michigan’s Gaines and Dorr Townships, with the intention of developing AI data centers.

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Microsoft buys massive plots in Allegan & Kent Counties for data centers

Microsoft has purchased 700 acres across four large parcels in Allegan and Kent Counties. Land has already been zoned industrial. 


Although no formal announcements have been made yet, Microsoft has paid close to $150,000 per acre for these sites, and Microsoft admitted that they were chosen as sites “for potential data center development”. 


Microsoft has been working with public-private economic development corporation, The Right Place, which was the author of the now defaulted Gotion deal.

Project details:

  • Developer: Microsoft
  • Size: 700 acres in total
  • 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
  • Status: unannounced
  • Call to action: Petition state legislators to ban AI data centers

Key articles:

WWMT News Channel 3

October 2024

Reactions mixed as Microsoft purchases farmland in Allegan, Kent counties

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