Data centers in Howell, Michigan
Howell has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Howell yet. Livingston County's own decisions are on the Livingston County page.
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The data center in Howell
Every Howell record 1 record · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Howell Township Data Center Howell, Livingston County | Proposed | Meta | Meta is identified by a Howell Township trustee as the developer behind a planned data center in Howell, Michigan. planetdetroit.org (opens in a new tab) query feed November 21, 2025 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Howell Township Data Center | Howell, Livingston | Proposed | Meta | site | 1 | 2026-10-27 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
What Howell has decided
June 15, 2026 Howell, MI Upset residents push back on data center near Howell
In Howell, Livingston County (MI), Howell City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
- Howell City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official auto captions, unchecked
">> Deny it. It's the simplest thing. It's the best thing. [clears throat] It's what everybody's want. [applause] >> I'm confident if you do the right thing, we all have your back. If you do the wrong thing, you can join Green Township and go in and what happened there. Please do the right thing. >> And do you sign an NDA? >> Okay. I believe all of you should be"
- Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
"clear. Regardless of what happens tonight, we are not going anywhere and our minds will not be changed. >> [cheering and applause]"
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What happened
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Now proposedMeta Howell Township Data Center
planetdetroit.org (opens in a new tab) query feed
The county and nearby counties
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Michigan county.
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 1 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 1 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 1 |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Howell is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Howell is cooled.
About this data
Report a correction · Send a tip about Howell · The rows here are part of the Michigan export.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mi/livingston-county/howell. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- city
- Census GEOID
- 2639540
- Census geography
- Incorporated place, Howell city
- Rating
- Not rated