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Lowell AI Data Center

Local residents and elected officials of water-rich Pavilion Township, an agricultural suburb of Kalamazoo, are fighting back against the development of a large AI data center by the developer Franklin Partners.

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Lowell’s fight against AI data center development

The developer has asked Lowell Township for rezoning from a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to light industrial, and to change the township’s zoning ordinance to specify that “data warehousing” is allowable within light industrial. The developer requested Data Warehousing be defined as:


Data Warehousing Facility: A warehouse-style building or buildings that store computer and networking systems, servers, and related equipment within a climate-controlled environment, as well as office support facilities, utility structures and equipment, all of which serve the purpose of storing, managing, processing, and transmitting digital data.


Lowell Township board has scheduled a public hearing on the rezoning for December 8th at 7pm, at the township hall.

Project details:

  • Developer: Franklin Partners
  • 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 & agricultural
  • Status: active
  • Call to action: Stop rezoning of the land from PUD to industrial; stop township zoning ordinance definition of light industrial from being altered to allow for “Data Warehousing”

Key articles:

Lowell’s First Look

November 2025

Lowell Twp Planning Recap: Data Warehouse Planned for Business Park

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Michigan communities battling data center developments:

Howell Township

Augusta Charter Township

Augusta Charter Township

"Project Splitrock” undisclosed developer - grassroots is fighting 

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Augusta Charter Township

Augusta Charter Township

Augusta Charter Township

Thor Equities - Zoning has gone to referendum

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Saline Township

Augusta Charter Township

Ypsilanti Township

"Project Stargate” Open AI, Oracle, Related Digital - grassroots is fighting

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Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township

University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratories (US Department of Energy) - grassroots is fighting

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Dundee Township

Ypsilanti Township

Pavilion Township

Cloverleaf Infrastructure - development application is currently withdrawn

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Pavilion Township

Ypsilanti Township

Pavilion Township

Franklin Partners - development application is currently withdrawn

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Frenchtown Township / Monroe

Frenchtown Township / Monroe

Frenchtown Township / Monroe

Cloverleaf - project pending land sale

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Kalkaska

Frenchtown Township / Monroe

Frenchtown Township / Monroe

No current developer

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Dowagiac

Frenchtown Township / Monroe

Allegan & Kent Counties

Ault Alliance - expansion of Bitcoin mine

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Allegan & Kent Counties

Allegan & Kent Counties

Allegan & Kent Counties

Microsoft - no plans announced yet

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