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1 data center project in Ypsilanti Charter Township

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

In Ypsilanti Charter Township

Proposed

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.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 6 miles away

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.

Approved, not built yetabout 6 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 9 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.

Being builtabout 14 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

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Ypsilanti Township paused new major electric utility equipment (the kind big data centers and AI centers need) for 180 days, and asked power companies to study noise and the effect on current customers.

Aug 18, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

The local water and sewer authority (YCUA) refused new water and sewer service to large data centers and AI computing centers for 12 months while it studies its system. It serves Ypsilanti Township, Augusta Township and other nearby towns.

April 22, 2026Source

📌 Other

Ypsilanti Township trustees unanimously asked the local water authority (YCUA) to stop serving data centers for at least 12 months until six studies are done. The board opposes the University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center planned in the township. The authority passed the pause a week later.

April 15, 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

📜 Data center rules

Ypsilanti Township trustees unanimously changed zoning so big data centers are allowed only as a special land use in industrial and 'commercial revitalization' zones, and nowhere else.

Dec 16, 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Ypsilanti 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

  • How much power and water will the center use?
  • Does the township have any say over zoning for a state university project?

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