Verizon Wireless
2436 Bagley Street · Detroit, Wayne County, MI
Source: OpenStreetMap
Verizon Wireless is a mapped data center in Wayne County, MI, operated by Verizon Communications Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 24,933 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkVerizon Wireless is a mapped edge data center in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, run by Verizon Communications Inc. Its reported footprint is 24,933 square feet. The site draws power from Wyandotte Municipal Serv Comm inside the MISO grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentVerizon Communications Inc.
- Files asVerizon Communications Inc.
- This facilityVerizon Wireless
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Wind21.6%
- Natural Gas21.4%
- Coal20.5%
- Solar18.4%
- Nuclear14.1%
- Imports2.2%
- Other1.8%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- Hans Vestberg Co-Founds Next Phase of US Data Centers Inc. with Digi Power X to Deploy Modular AI Infrastructure at ScaleDetroit Free Press· Mar 13, 2026
- AT&T and Verizon accused of ignoring toxic lead cablingData Center Dynamics· Jul 13, 2023
- AWS announces new Wavelength Zones on Verizon’s 5G network in Charlotte, Detroit, Los Angeles, and MinneapolisData Center Dynamics· Jan 19, 2022
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Michigan reported $1.1M in Data Center / Colocation Sales and Use Tax Exemption (MCL 205.54ee / 205.94, pre-2025 program) for FY2023 (Michigan Department of Treasury, Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis (ORTA)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Detroit), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Detroit Public Safety Academy in Detroit, is 0.5 mi from this site (159 students). 6 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.