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4 data center projects we know about. 43 cities, charter townships and townships.

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Projects

Approved, not built yet

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 …

Proposed

Raeden data center at former McLouth Steel site, Gibraltar

Gibraltar, Wayne County

🕒 Aug 2026: Raeden and landowner Cal Realty sued the city in federal court over the pause.

Stopped or cancelled

Solstice Data center, Enterprise Drive, Allen Park

Allen Park, Wayne County

🕒 June 4, 2026: Planning commission voted 7-2 to deny the site plan and asked the city to pause data cen…

Proposed

Proposed data center on city land, Shoemaker Street, Detroit

Detroit, Wayne County

🕒 March 2026: City council voted 6-2 to ask the mayor for a two-year pause on data center permits.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

🤝 Agreement with the company · Wayne County

The Wayne County Commission voted 13-0 to override County Executive Warren Evans's Sept. 25 veto of tax breaks for the Google data center in Van Buren Township.

Oct 1, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Gibraltar

Raeden and Cal Realty sued Gibraltar in federal court. They say their application for a 100-megawatt data center at 27800 W. Jefferson Ave. came before the pause and must be reviewed under the old rules.

Aug 17, 2026Source

📌 Other · Detroit

Detroit City Council voted 6-2 to ask the mayor to stop new data center permits for two years while the city writes rules. The mayor's office said it would review the request. The city has no data center zoning rules yet.

March 17, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Gibraltar

Gibraltar passed a one-year pause on data centers, after a developer had already applied to build one on the old McLouth Steel site.

March 9, 2026Source

✅ Approved · Van Buren Township

Van Buren Township's board voted 5-2 to approve 'Project Cannoli', a 1-gigawatt Google data center on 230 acres north of I-94 between Haggerty Road and I-275, despite residents' objections.

Feb 11, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Northville

Northville City Council unanimously paused data center applications for 12 months while it looks at zoning changes. No project had been proposed.

Jan 6, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Taylor

Taylor paused data centers for one year.

Jan 2026Source