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1 data center project in Van Buren Charter Township

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

In Van Buren Charter Township

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 …

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 8 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.

Stopped or cancelledabout 14 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.

Stopped or cancelledabout 14 miles away

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…

🗓️ Public meeting: Oct 14, 2026
Van Buren Township Planning Commission. Anyone can come and speak.

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

✅ Approved

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
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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We'll email you when something changes in Van Buren Charter Township. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Van Buren Charter Township: 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

  • How much water will the data center use per day, and where will it come from?
  • Did the township sign a development agreement with Google, and what does it say?

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