1 data center project in Detroit City
Who decides here: the City Council of Detroit City votes on zoning. The Wayne County may review big projects too.
In Detroit City
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Metrobloks data center, Southfield
Southfield, Oakland County
12 acres
🕒 Dec 15, 2025: City council voted 5-2 to approve the site plan.
Stopped or cancelledabout 10 miles awaySolstice 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…
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.
📌 Other
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.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Detroit City. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Detroit City: Wyandotte Municipal Serv Comm (run by the town) or DTE Electric Company (company).
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
- Who proposed the data center and how big would it be?
- Did the mayor adopt the two-year pause?