U.S. Representative
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell expressed opposition to University of Michigan's proposed data center with Los Alamos National Laboratory at Textile Road site in Ypsilanti Township
Data centers in Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne County has 3 data centers on the record: 1 being built and 2 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Wayne County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved preliminary site plan for Project Cannoli Data Center on Wednesday night with conditions (Van Buren Township), February 11, 2026.
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The 3 data centers in Wayne County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Google Van Buren Township data center
Van Buren, Wayne County · Google
No dated entry on the record yet.
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- Not disclosed
- Power
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- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
U-M / Los Alamos Data Center (Van Buren Township)
Wayne County
Latest, reported September 11, 2026: University of Michigan announced a partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to build a data center in Ypsilanti Township nearly two years ago michigandaily.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Raeden Gibraltar Data Center
Gibraltar, Wayne County · Raeden
Latest, reported August 20, 2026: Raeden proposed to repurpose McLouth Steel industrial site into 100 megawatt inference data center freep.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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3 data centers in Wayne County: 1 being built, 2 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Wayne County on the record (3)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | 1 | 0 |
| Van Buren | 1 | 0 |
| Van Buren Township | 0 | 1 |
What Wayne County has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved preliminary site plan for Project Cannoli Data Center on Wednesday night with conditions, February 11, 2026.
1 act on this row
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Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved preliminary site plan for Project Cannoli Data Center on Wednesday night with conditions
- approval
What happened
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· Raeden Gibraltar Data Center
Now reported: Raeden proposed to repurpose McLouth Steel industrial site into 100 megawatt inference data center freep.com local outlet
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· U-M / Los Alamos Data Center (Van Buren Township)
Now reported: University of Michigan announced a site along Textile Road near the Huron River in Ypsilanti Township as the preferred location for a proposed data and research center with Los Alamos National Laboratory clickondetroit.com local outlet
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· Van Buren Township
Approval: Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved preliminary site plan for Project Cannoli Data Center on Wednesday night with conditions wemu.org local outlet
What was said
Dingell demanded EPA and Michigan EGLE establish current environmental status of Textile Road site and clarify regulatory responsibility
Environmental impact studies have not been completed at this point
Chris Kolb, the U of M vice president for Government Relations, said the university is working with the local community
Every Michigan statement, by speaker
12 more statements on this page
U.S. Representative
Dingell called for University and Los Alamos to disclose details of their agreement and federal funding commitments for a project involving more than one billion dollars
Steve Ceccio is mechanical engineering professor and data center project lead
Paul Brown, University Regent, alleged the University's actions resemble environmental racism and that representatives have not conducted themselves appropriately
Thomas Mason, Los Alamos Director, stated nuclear materials would be absent from the site and no plutonium or other nuclear or hazardous materials would be produced, used, or stored
Ypsilanti-area residents
Residents spoke against a proposed University of Michigan data and research center during a town hall meeting
University of Michigan interim vice president for Research and Innovation
Patricia Hurn, U of M interim vice president for Research and Innovation, spoke about the project
Steve Ceccio, project lead, said the primary purpose of the Ypsilanti facility would be to continue classified work Los Alamos has already been doing, including research on nuclear weapons
senior scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dylan Spaulding, senior scientist at the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, said the amount of classified research the facility could be doing is unusual
Ypsilanti Township officials and residents say they were blindsided by the announcement
University of Michigan Regent
Regent Paul Brown calls on University of Michigan to pause the Los Alamos supercomputer data center project
University of Michigan Regent
Brown says the university moved forward without community input, raising concerns about transparency and accountability
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 3 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 3 | Not disclosed by any of the 3 records |
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 | |
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| Not disclosed | 3 | 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.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 3 tracked facilities in Wayne County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 3 tracked facilities in Wayne County are cooled.
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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Wayne County, Michigan", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/mi/wayne-county, updated October 14, 2026.
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