Stopped or cancelled
Deep Green data center, downtown Lansing
UK company Deep Green proposed a 24-megawatt, $120 million data center on parking lots in downtown Lansing, powered by a gas fuel cell plant. It pulled out before city council voted. The mayor said the lots will stay empty for now.
Where things stand: Deep Green withdrew hours before the city council vote in April 2026.
🕒 Latest update (April 6, 2026): Deep Green withdrew its rezoning request before the council vote.
What we know
- 📍 WhereKalamazoo Street between Cedar and Larch streets (stadium district), Lansing, Ingham County
- 🏢 CompanyDeep Green
- ⚡ Power it needs24 megawatts (about as much as 19,200 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromA 16-megawatt gas fuel cell plant by the Lansing Board of Water & Light; waste heat for downtown heating
- 💵 Cost$120 million
What happened so far
- April 6, 2026Deep Green withdrew its rezoning request before the council vote.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Lansing City Council voted 7-1 to stop data center permits and zoning requests for 182 days (July 27, 2026 to Jan. 25, 2027) while it writes rules. It came after Deep Green dropped its downtown plan.
July 13, 2026
🛰️ See it from above
An aerial photo of the area.
We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- No data center in Lansing after Deep Green withdraws plans · Lansing City Pulse · April 8, 2026
- Deep Green withdraws Lansing data center: what this means for future development · WILX · April 7, 2026
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