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1 data center project in Augusta Charter Township

Who decides here: the Township Board of Augusta Charter Township votes on zoning. The Washtenaw County may review big projects too.

In Augusta Charter Township

Stopped or cancelled

Thor Equities data center near Milan, Augusta Township

Augusta Township, Washtenaw County

500 acres

🕒 Aug 4, 2026: Voters overturned the rezoning in a referendum, about 90% against.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 6 miles away

University of Michigan / Los Alamos computing center, Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County

144 acres · for University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory

🕒 Aug 11, 2026: U-M confirmed the Textile Road site.

Stopped or cancelledabout 7 miles away

Sansone Group data center on Toyota land, York Township

York Township, Washtenaw County

412 acres

🕒 March 2026: Toyota was told Sansone Group was withdrawing from the land deal.

Approved, not built yetabout 8 miles away

Google data center (Project Cannoli), Van Buren Township

Van Buren Township, Wayne County

282 acres · for Google

🕒 Oct 2, 2026: State utility regulators (MPSC) voted 3-0 to approve DTE's 20-year power contracts with …

Stopped or cancelledabout 13 miles away

Project Ironwood, Dundee Township

Dundee, Monroe County

750 acres

🕒 Oct 7, 2025: Village of Dundee shelved a pre-agreement with Cloverleaf for water and sewer service.

Being builtabout 13 miles away

Stargate data center campus ("The Barn"), Saline Township

Saline, Washtenaw County

250 acres · for OpenAI and Oracle

🕒 Dec 18, 2025: MPSC approved DTE's power contracts with conditions, without a full contested case.

Local votes and rules

🗳️ Election

Residents tried to recall all seven township board members over the rezoning vote. The county clerk rejected the petitions on a technical error in circulator addresses, so no recall vote in November 2026. A recall vote could still come in May 2027.

Aug 12, 2026Source

🗳️ Public vote

About 90% of voters chose to overturn the data center rezoning.

Aug 4, 2026Source

📌 Other · Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County commissioners passed a resolution praising towns that paused data centers and urging others to do the same. They also backed a state bill to take back $100 million in state money for the University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center.

March 18, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change

The township board voted to rezone 522 acres of farmland to industrial for a $1 billion Thor Equities data center, against its planning commission's advice. Voters overturned it in August 2026.

July 22, 2025Source
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What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Augusta Charter Township: DTE Electric Company (company) or Village of Clinton (not available).

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

🙋 Open tasks here

  • Will the recall of township trustees be on the November ballot?

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