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No project in Penn Township, but 1 nearby

Who decides here: the Township Board of Penn Township votes on zoning. The Cass County may review big projects too.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Built & runningabout 10 miles away

Hyperscale Data (Alliance Cloud Services) data center, Dowagiac

Dowagiac, Cass County

83 acres · for Hyperscale Data and its customers

🕒 June 26, 2026: Company said it finished buying 48.5 more acres.

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Penn Township (Cass County) approved a 30-day pause on data centers, with one trustee voting no, after several developers showed interest. Residents asked for one to two years; the planning commission was to discuss a longer pause.

May 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
    We'll email you if anything changes in Penn Township.
  2. Go to township meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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🔔 Get told first

We'll email you when something changes in Penn Township. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Penn Township: Midwest Energy Cooperative (co-op (owned by its members)) or Wolverine Power Supply Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Michigan.