Michigan
DataCentersExposed tracks 11 AI data centers in Michigan — 3 operating and 3 in the pipeline — across 6 counties, drawing 0 MW of reported power demand from 3 tracked corporate operators. Michigan's data-center tax break is projected to cost the state $1.1M in forgone revenue in FY2023.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
DataCentersExposed tracks 11 data centers in Michigan — 3 operating, 1 under construction, and 2 proposed. Capacity figures are still being sourced for Michigan; where a facility's megawattage is on the public record, it appears on that facility's page.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
Michigan at a glance
The largest footprint in Michigan belongs to EdgeConneX, Inc., behind 1 tracked facility. Microsoft Corporation and Verizon Communications Inc. round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: Wayne County leads Michigan with 3 facilities and a composite risk score of 8/100. Oakland County and Eaton County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Michigan is not done growing. 3 facilities are in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.
We also surface the accountability trail: 8 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Michigan below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
Top operators in Michigan
The taxpayer price tag
“Exhibit 5, Consumption Tax Expenditures, Sales and Use Tax Expenditures (FY 2023, $000): 'Data Centers 1,060'. The report states each figure is an 'estimate of the cost (in terms of foregone revenue).'”
Program-wide cost of Michigan's data-center tax incentive(s), reported by the state — not attributable to a single facility. “Proj” = the state's own forward estimate; all other figures are realized/audited. Each links to its primary source.
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | 3 | — | 8 |
| Oakland County | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Eaton County | 2 | — | 6 |
| Macomb County | 1 | — | 4 |
| Kent County | 1 | 1 | — |
| Washtenaw County | 1 | 1 | — |
Pipeline & proposals
All tracked facilities
| Facility | Operator | Status | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Township Data Center | — | Proposed | Oakland | — |
| Microsoft Lowell Township Data Center | Microsoft Corporation | Proposed | Kent | — |
| Saline Data Center | — | Under construction | Washtenaw | — |
| Chick-fil-A Hiring Center | — | Mapped (unverified) | Macomb | — |
| EdgeConneX Detroit DET01 | EdgeConneX, Inc. | Oakland | — | |
| Liberty Center One | — | Oakland | — | |
| Liquid Web | — | Mapped (unverified) | Eaton | — |
| Liquid Web, Inc | — | Eaton | — | |
| Quicken Loans | — | Mapped (unverified) | Wayne | — |
| US Signal | — | Mapped (unverified) | Wayne | — |
| Verizon Wireless | Verizon Communications Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | Wayne | — |