Ypsilanti Township residents and officials pushed back on a University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory data center proposed in the township. It is reported, as reported July 16, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratory | as stated by the source | September 25, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | closed-loop cooling and reclaimed wastewater | as stated by the source | [4] thesuntimesnews.com | September 25, 2026 |
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
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Acts of Washtenaw County and Ypsilanti Township about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| Ypsilanti | Ypsilanti City Council reviewed proposed data center regulations on Sept. 15 covering noise, water, energy use and oversight; small data center limited to 20,000 square feet, 5 megawatts power, 20,000 gallons cooling water per day; open loop cooling prohibited. | thesuntimesnews.com | |
| Ypsilanti | Ypsilanti City Council preliminarily passed a 60 day emergency data center moratorium, pending final vote. | inthesetimes.com |
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University of Michigan confirmed it will build its data center in Hydro Park near a local elementary school. [3]
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Next town hall for U M computing center scheduled for October 1, 2026 [2]
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Saline Township hired acoustic engineer Darren Brown to independently review noise study for Oracle and OpenAI data center [2]
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Computing center is nearly 300,000 square feet with about 50,000 square feet reserved for U M's nonclassified research [2]
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University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory proposed computing center at 144 acre Ypsilanti Township site [2]
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Nearly 50 residents spoke during Sept. 9 town hall opposing University of Michigan's proposed $1.2 billion research computing center [2]
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University of Michigan initially proposed 20 acre project before purchasing 124 additional acres [1]
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U M officials indicated they may make final decision between Textile Road site and former General Motors site near Willow Run in coming days [5]
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Dingell said the project warrants additional scrutiny due to site's environmental history and asked for details on remaining contamination, monitoring, restrictions, permits and cleanup responsibility
Los Alamos Director Thom Mason said the center would not produce weapons or use or store nuclear materials and some computer modeling could help assess the safety and reliability of the nation's existing nuclear stockpile
Every statement about data centers in Michigan, by speaker
U.S. Representative
Dingell called for state and federal rules governing large computing facilities including protections for utility customers, public reporting of water and electricity demand, environmental reviews and enforceable community benefit agreements
U.S. Representative
Dingell questioned promised $300 million contribution from Los Alamos and whether federal money has been appropriated or federally committed
U.S. Representative
Rep. Dingell opposes building the Los Alamos research computing center at the Textile Road site in Ypsilanti Township
Hazleton protesters
Protesters rallied in Hazleton, Pennsylvania on August 12 calling on Rep. Rob Bresnahan to oppose data center expansion and reject Big Tech contributions.
New York City protesters
More than 300 people rallied in front of Palantir office in New York City on August 12 calling on Congress to oppose the company.
Authors (reporting consensus)
Majority of Americans oppose data centers and Democratic and Republican candidates are being forced to take a stand.
Stephanie Jordan and Mary Armas
More than 1,000 activists across the country participated in dozens of rallies and protests in August demanding elected officials dump Big Tech and data center developers.
Young people protesters
Young people in Union County, New Jersey marched on August 13 to protest Rep. Tom Kean Jr. for accepting thousands of dollars from Big Tech AI firms.
Michigan Economic Development Corporation will not disclose which companies apply for data center tax incentives, citing confidentiality
University of Michigan stated the computing center remains in the design phase and water needs and noise levels have not been determined
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos officials said no weapons, plutonium or hazardous materials would be produced or stored at the facility
2026 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for Michigan
El Sayed calls for state and local moratorium on data centers until conditions are met
2026 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate for Michigan
Abdul El Sayed states his conditions for University of Michigan data center: all union labor, no utility rate increases, no water use, revenue investment in reliability, and community benefits agreement
Ypsilanti Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo says residents and officials will continue to fight the project and are optimistic about stopping it given that other communities have stopped data centers
Ypsilanti Township Attorney Doug Winters says township will not negotiate with U M and Los Alamos over the project and their only goal is for them to leave
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University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratory is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
It is reported, as reported July 16, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 14, 2026: University of Michigan confirmed it will build its data center in Hydro Park near a local elementary school. [3]
Ypsilanti: Ypsilanti City Council reviewed proposed data center regulations on Sept. 15 covering noise, water, energy use and oversight; small data center limited to 20,000 square feet, 5 megawatts power, 20,000 gallons cooling water per day; open loop cooling prohibited. (September 15, 2026, source); and Ypsilanti: Ypsilanti City Council preliminarily passed a 60 day emergency data center moratorium, pending final vote. (reported September 14, 2026, source). 2 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
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Data Center Record, "Ypsilanti Township / University of Michigan & Los Alamos Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/ypsilanti-township-university-of-michigan-and-los-alamos-data-center-mi, last verified September 25, 2026.
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