Ypsilanti Township has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Ypsilanti Township yet. Washtenaw County's own decisions are on the Washtenaw County page.
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Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County · University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratory
Latest, reported September 14, 2026: University of Michigan confirmed it will build its data center in Hydro Park near a local elementary school. inthesetimes.com local outlet
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1 data center in Ypsilanti Township: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
· Ypsilanti Township / University of Michigan & Los Alamos Data Center
Now reported: U M officials indicated they may make final decision between Textile Road site and former General Motors site near Willow Run in coming days wemu.org local outlet
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
Protesters rallied in Hazleton, Pennsylvania on August 12 calling on Rep. Rob Bresnahan to oppose data center expansion and reject Big Tech contributions.
Every Michigan statement, 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
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
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
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.
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Ypsilanti Township is for.
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Ypsilanti Township is cooled.
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mi/washtenaw-county/ypsilanti-township, updated September 25, 2026.
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mi/washtenaw-county/ypsilanti-township. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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