10 data centers and projects on our map in Michigan, including 4 projects we track in detail. Each one links to its source. Below: where they are by county, the projects in the news, and the latest reporting from both sides.
See Michigan on the map. Existing facilities come from OpenStreetMap, a community-maintained public map that is incomplete; proposed, under construction and blocked projects are tracked one by one from news, filings and official records.
Blocked, paused or withdrawn Rezoning overturned by voters in a referendum, August 4, 2026
Augusta Township, Washtenaw County · Operator: Thor Equities
$1 billion
A proposed data center on about 522 acres that the township board rezoned from agricultural residential to general industrial in July 2025. Residents gathered signatures to force a referendum, and roughly 90 percent of voters chose to overturn the rezoning.
Issues raised: zoning, opposition, power, water
Blocked, paused or withdrawn Zoning ordinance formalizing moratorium given first reading 2026-09-21, second reading and hearing scheduled 2026-10-05
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County
announced 2026-09-21
The Kalamazoo City Commission gave first reading to a zoning ordinance to embed its August 17 resolution moratorium into the zoning code, a step staff said is required to make the pause enforceable under Michigan's zoning enabling act. The moratorium covers data centers, battery storage systems, crypto mining and AI facilities.
Issues raised: opposition, zoning, noise, water, air-pollution
Under construction Rezoning denied by the township September 2025, allowed by a consent judgment, major construction under way 2026
Saline Township, Washtenaw County · Operator: Related Digital with Oracle and OpenAI
1400 MW · $16 billion · announced 2025-10-30
A 1.4 gigawatt AI campus on farmland southwest of Ann Arbor, leased to Oracle for OpenAI workloads and described by the state as the largest private investment in Michigan history. The township board voted the rezoning down, the developer sued, and a court approved settlement let the project proceed with a noise limit and a commitment not to use evaporative cooling, making it a leading example in arguments over local control.
Issues raised: zoning, opposition, power, water, jobs
Under construction MPSC conditionally approved DTE power contracts on 2026-10-01; site plan at Planning Commission 2026-10-14
Van Buren Township, Wayne · Operator: Google
1000 MW · announced 2026-03-17
Google's planned 1 gigawatt data center on 282 acres between Haggerty Road and I 275 north of I 94 received Michigan Public Service Commission approval of DTE Electric power supply and clean capacity accelerator agreements, under which Google funds up to 1,600 MW of new renewables and 480 MW of storage. Service is expected to begin December 2027.
Issues raised: power, water, transmission
The Michigan Public Service Commission voted unanimously on October 1 to conditionally approve two DTE Electric agreements serving Google's planned 1 gigawatt Van Buren Township data center. The order imposes a 20 year contract term, an 80 percent minimum billing demand and a 15 year termination payment, and requires Google to pay for up to 1,600 MW of new renewable generation and 480 MW of battery storage; Attorney General Dana Nessel had argued for a 90 percent minimum billing demand.
Check it: Check whether the 80 percent minimum billing demand and 15 year termination payment actually hold if Google scales down the site or exits early, since those terms govern how much risk sits with other DTE customers.
Saginaw's council voted 8-0 to limit data centers to industrial districts as a special land use, require reports on water and energy use and wastewater discharge, and mandate at least two neighborhood meetings before approval. The rules take effect October 9, ahead of the city's existing development moratorium ending December 31.
Check it: The ordinance sets rules but does not itself approve or block any project; no data center is currently proposed in Saginaw.
Brighton Township joined other Livingston County communities in pausing new data center applications while the planning commission drafts rules, calling the vote a housekeeping step because the current ordinance does not mention data centers. The Michigan Townships Association has recommended similar reviews statewide.
Check it: No data center project has been proposed in Brighton Township; the moratorium is preemptive rulemaking, not a rejection of a specific developer.
The Kalamazoo City Commission gave first reading to a zoning ordinance embedding its August 17 resolution moratorium into the city's zoning code, a step staff said is required for legal enforceability under Michigan's zoning enabling act. A public hearing and second reading are set for October 5, which would restart the one year clock.
Check it: The vote was a first reading only. The moratorium is not fully embedded in zoning code until the second reading and hearing on October 5.
Two Michigan Republican members of Congress introduced federal bills that would bar Washington from overriding state and local control of data center siting and prohibit non-disclosure agreements about them, while a Michigan Democrat filed a bill to strip data center access to certain federal opportunity-zone tax breaks. In Lansing, state moratorium and community-benefit bills remain stalled and Governor Whitmer has said she would veto any statewide moratorium.
Check it: None of these bills has passed a chamber; check whether committee hearings have been scheduled.
For the arguments behind these fights, see the case for data centers, the case against, and the questions people ask, each answered from both sides.
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