Data center profile · East of Haggerty Road and north of I-94, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan

Google Van Buren Township (Project Cannoli)

Google's roughly 1 GW campus on 282 acres near Detroit Metro Airport, with 20-year power contracts approved Oct. 1, 2026, first power due Dec. 2027.

Approved, site work started. Power contracts, tax package and final site plan are approved. Press reports the state wetlands permit was approved in Aug. 2026 (not confirmed in the state portal), and utility and site work began about Aug. 2026. No building construction reported.
The site, Satellite image, May 16, 2025
1 GW
contract capacity with DTE (utility load)
no IT capacity figure is published; first power Dec. 2027, maximum load Dec. 2028
~1.5M sq ft
on 282 acres
five buildings, three of them data buildings; about 130 to 150 acres developed
20 years
term of the approved power contracts
80% minimum bill and a termination payment of at least 15 years of minimum charges
>$125M
local property tax break over 12 years
50% reduction; the county executive's veto was overridden Oct. 1, 2026
OperatorGoogle (future owner-operator); Panattoni is developer and construction manager
CustomerGoogle (self-use)
Planned IT capacity800 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 (range 2028 to 2030); company says 2027.
Next deadlineDec. 2027: First power from DTE expected in Dec. 2027, with maximum load by Dec. 2028
From orbit

The site from above

Satellite overview1
Satellite image, June 1, 2023.
From orbit

The site

Latest clear satellite view, May 16, 2025.

The site
Satellite image, May 16, 2025
Power

Power and the grid

1,000 MW contracted

DTE Electric grid service (primary supply agreement)Contracted, not yet energized
1,000 MW
approved Oct. 1, 2026; ~1,000 MW contract capacity; 345 kV switching station and two feeds planned for late 2027 and late 2028 (press) Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Contracted
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Jan. 6, 2026
    Will-serve letter
    DTE tells the developer it can serve the project through a dedicated, customer-paid substation. Local government · Jan. 2026
  2. March 17, 2026
    Contracts filed
    DTE files two special contracts with Google at the state regulator, the day Google confirms it is the end user. News report · Oct. 2026
  3. Oct. 1, 2026
    Regulator approves, unanimously
    The Public Service Commission approves both contracts after Michigan's first contested hyperscale case, with conditions that keep costs off other customers. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  4. Dec. 2027
    First power due
    DTE expects the campus to start taking service in Dec. 2027, reaching full load by Dec. 2028. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026

Grid upgrades

What the grid is building for this load: the asset, its cost, who pays and when it is due to be energized. An upgrade may serve a later phase, not the first building.

Related grid records in the area
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 5 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Every gating approval is in hand; the generator air permit is the open item.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

>$125M
value of the 50% local tax reduction over 12 years
the project still pays an estimated $124M in taxes over the period News report · Oct. 2026
$15M each
community payments to the county and township (reported)
another account says $15.4M upfront for local infrastructure News report · Oct. 2026
1,600 MW + 480 MW
renewables and storage Google funds, DTE owns
no costs passed to other DTE customers Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
$2B
contracts to Wayne County firms, developer claim
Panattoni's figure; not verified News report · Oct. 2026

Not on record: capex or project financing: self-funded by Google, no official cost figure News report · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 11, 2025
    Site Panattoni and DTE hold the first public open house for an unnamed 'Fortune 50' client. News report · Dec. 2025
  2. Feb. 11, 2026
    Permits Planning commission grants preliminary site plan approval, 5-2. News report · Feb. 2026
  3. March 17, 2026
    Power Google confirms it is the end user; DTE files the power contracts with the state. News report · March 2026
  4. May 19, 2026
    Money Township board approves the property tax exemption. News report · May 2026
  5. June 16, 2026
    Permits State holds its wetlands permit hearing. State agency · June 2026
  6. Aug. 3, 2026
    Power Michigan's attorney general files a brief asking for stronger contract terms. Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
  7. Aug. 2026
    Construction Utility and site work starts and the state approves wetlands permits (press); residents report dust and long work hours. News report · Oct. 2026
  8. Sept. 25, 2026
    Money County executive vetoes the tax break; the county had passed it on Sept. 15. News report · Oct. 2026
  9. Oct. 1, 2026
    Power State regulators approve the contracts; the county commission overrides the veto. News report · Oct. 2026
  10. Oct. 14, 2026
    Permits Planning commission approves the final site plan, 5-1. News report · Oct. 2026
  11. Dec. 2027
    Power DTE expects first power in Dec. 2027. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  12. Dec. 2028
    Power Maximum contracted load expected by Dec. 2028. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Sept. 2011: 4 FAA filings (Sept. 2026 to Oct. 2026): tallest permanent structure 200 ft (filed Sept. 2026); 73 satellite captures. The chart starts in the first quarter of 2021; 4 earlier records are not drawn.

FAA filings
Satellite
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’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

5 buildings
three data buildings of 87,000 to 300,000 sq ft, per township documents; press describes six buildings
News report · Oct. 2026
2.0 to 3.6M gal/day
water bought from the township (Detroit River supply); sewer discharge capped near 750,000
Local government · Jan. 2026
13.55 acres of wetlands
permanently impacted, with mitigation credits and about 1,174 ft of new stream channel
State agency · June 2026
~1,500 construction jobs, 51+ permanent
developer and township figures
Local government · Jan. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Google: end user and future owner-operator
  • Panattoni Development Company: developer, construction manager and permit applicant
  • Triple Creek Associates LLC: current landowner
Power and utilities
  • DTE Electric: supplier, and builder of the renewables for Google
  • ITC Transmission: building the underground line (press)
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: approved the contracts
Builders
  • Walbridge Construction: general contractor (press)
Decision-makers
  • Van Buren Township board and planning commission
  • Wayne County Commission, which overrode County Executive Warren Evans
  • Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel: intervened for stronger terms
Opponents
  • Residents behind the board recall effort
  • Huron River Watershed Council: filed technical comments on the wetlands permit
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

375 records from 31 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, utility regulator dockets, state agency records, local government records, securities filings, our own analysis, company statements and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 18Dataset 4Utility regulator 3State agency 3Local government 2SEC filing 2Analysis 2Company 1Satellite 0
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (36)
  • Interconnection status: MPSC-approved Oct 1, 2026 (Case No. U-22058); service expected Dec 2027 with maximum load by Dec 2028; the CCAA adds up to 1,600 MW of renewables and 480 MW of storage, paid for by Google and buil
    “the CCAA terms require Google to pay for DTE Electric to develop up to 1,600 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and 480 MW of battery energy storage to serve the data center.”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • large load interconnection request: special contracts approved (primary supply agreement + clean capacity accelerator agreement)
    “The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC for the utility to provide electricity for a data center in Wayne County's Van Buren Township”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • large load interconnection request: application filed (contested case)
    “On March 17, 2026, DTE Electric Company (DTE Electric) filed an application in this docket, with supporting testimony and exhibits, for approval of special contracts for electric service (application).”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Grid operator: MISO
    “other incremental MISO transmission-related oversight and system management costs pertaining to the new data centers”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: 1,000 MW
    “In March, DTE Energy submitted energy contracts to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to support Google's planned 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Van Buren Township”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • Utility service: 1,000 MW
    “In March, DTE Energy submitted energy contracts to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to support Google's planned 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Van Buren Township”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • DTE Energy disclosed in its Q1 2026 earnings release (April 30, 2026) that in March 2026 it submitted energy contracts to the Michigan Public Service Commission to support Google's planned 1 GW data center in Van Buren T
    “In March, DTE Energy submitted energy contracts to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to support Google's planned 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Van Buren Township”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • Stated campus size: 1,000 MW
    “Per the developer this project is being developed as an approximately 1 gigawatt data center”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “There is no fulltime onsite power generation proposed as a part of the project”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • On-site power technology: Diesel backup generators only (Tier 4 Final, ultra-low sulfur diesel, exhaust scrubbers); no prime on-site generation
    “The only power generation items that are proposed on-site are a series of on-site backup generators which are intended to be used during outages”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Cooling: Mixed: 1 of 3 data center buildings open-loop water cooling; 2 buildings closed-loop and/or forced air
    “One building is proposed to be cooled using an open loop method and the other two buildings are proposed to be cooled using closed loop and/or forced air methods”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “DTE has provided the developer with a will serve letter for the project confirming they can provide power to the site”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 26163
    “campus anchor (reference centroid of reported bounds): Wayne County MI (26163) per FCC point-in-county lookup; the planned substation is inside the same 282-acre tract”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 2.43 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 10.35 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Documented absence: no source opened discloses an IT-load figure or an IT/utility split for this campus”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Original target date: not stated
    “Documented absence: no original building COD was ever published; the only schedule in the record is DTE's service schedule (first power Dec 2027, max load Dec 2028)”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 1,000 MW
    “the data center is expected to begin taking service in December 2027 with a maximum load achieved by December 2028”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: DTE Electric Company
    “approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Rate class: Special contracts (PSA + CCAA) approved in lieu of standard D11 large-load rate terms
    “A contract length of 20 years, compared to 5-year contracts normally required under DTE Electric's large-load D11 rate”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: Oct. 1, 2026
    “The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: First power Dec 2027; maximum contracted load Dec 2028 (DTE service schedule)
    “According to DTE Electric, the data center is expected to begin taking service in December 2027 with a maximum load achieved by December 2028”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • utility special contract approval: approved (unanimous, with conditions)
    “The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • DTE contends the approved contracts produce a $1.7B benefit to other customers over the 20-year term as Google pays fixed system costs (utility contention, not a finding)
    “DTE Electric contends that approval of the data center special contracts will result in a $1.7 billion benefit”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Developed acres: 150 acres
    “Plans call for six buildings, parking lots, a substation, and equipment yards on 150 acres. The rest stays open space”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: none mapped within 16 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Paper or real: Real commitments: approved 20-yr power contracts with termination/collateral teeth; executed tax package surviving a veto override; issued state wetlands permit; final site plan approved; utility construct
    “approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 1,000 MW
    “Google expects the site to start drawing power by December 2027, and it aims to reach 1 gigawatt within a year”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site description: 282-acre site east of Haggerty Road and north of the Interstate 94 North Service Drive, Van Buren Township (T3S R8E Section 13); fields, woods and wetlands; six buildings, parking, a substation and equi
    “The proposed data center, called Project Cannoli, is set to be located on a 282-acre site situated between I-94 and I-275, a few miles west of the Detroit Metro Airport”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: Special contracts approved; new 345-kV switching station and two 345-kV feeds planned (feed 1 late 2027, feed 2 late 2028); ITC building an underground transmission line to the site
    “Transmission: New 345-kV switching station and two 345-kV feeds”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Substation kV: 345 kV
    “new electric infrastructure is being planned specifically for the development, including a 345-kilovolt switching station”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • utility special contract application: application filed
    “DTE filed its application for the two Google contracts on March 17”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Grid upgrade due to be energized by: 2027
    “The first feed is expected to enter service in late 2027. The second is expected in late 2028.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • ITCTransmission is building this campus's grid connection: a new 345-kV switching station (Cannoli station) plus two 345-kV feeds connecting to ITC's Brownstown-Wayne No. 1 and No. 2 lines; station construction Q1 2028 t
    “ITCTransmission is developing the grid connection. The plan includes a new 345-kilovolt switching station and two 345-kV transmission feeds.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Grid power partnership: Google-DTE Energy agreement to bring 2.7 GW of new clean resources to the local grid (off-site grid supply, not on-site generation)
    “Google is partnering with DTE Energy to bring 2.7GW of "new, clean resources" to the local grid, which will be used to power the data center”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Backup generators: 156 generators
    “the project's 156 diesel backup generators will be tested once a month for 15 minutes”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (36)
  • Tenants: Google LLC (self-use)
    “two special contracts between DTE and Google LLC concerning the operation of a data center in Van Buren Township, Michigan”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: collateral Parent guarantee and bank letter of credit terms exist in the PSA (and CCAA); the Attorney General asked the Commission to reject limitations on them
    “reject any limitations on the parent guarantee and bank letter of credit collateral terms in the PSA and CCAA”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: demand response PSA contains demand-response provisions; AG sought separate accounting and rate crediting of DR non-performance penalties (recommendation; adoption not con
    “any penalties assessed to the Customer for non performance under the DR program should be accounted for separately”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: other clause PSA Section 5.1.3 contains an affordability backstop provision (referenced in AG briefing; substance not public)
    “Affordability Backstop (PSA Section 5.1.3)”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Tenant status: Google (self-use), named by the utility in an SEC-furnished release
    “Secured agreement to power Google's new data center in Michigan: In March, DTE Energy submitted energy contracts to the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to support Google's planned 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Van Buren Township”
    SEC filing · April 2026 · grade A
  • water purchase / municipal water service: scope All cooling/process water purchased from the Township via GLWA transmission main; developer pays all infrastructure costs; Township may pay only for a meter pit at the GLWA
    “The only thing the Township may pay for is a meter pit for the new connection to the GLWA transmission main”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • water purchase / municipal water service: discharge limit Sanitary sewer discharge limited to approximately 750,000 gallons per day, monitored by the Township gallons/day
    “We have limited the applicant's sewer discharge to approximately 750,000 gallons per day and we will monitor the volume”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • utility will-serve letter: commitment DTE will-serve letter confirming it can serve the project load; power via a dedicated substation paid for by the customer, connected to existing high-voltage transmission lines
    “DTE has provided the developer with a will serve letter for the project confirming they can provide power to the site”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Conditions of approval: MPSC approval conditioned on mandatory ratepayer protections (costs confined to Google); EGLE wetlands permit requires mitigation (credits in Huron watershed + ~1,174 ft new stream channel) and a
    “conditioned on mandatory protections to prevent other customers from having to bear any costs associated with the project”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Name: Google Van Buren Township (Project Cannoli)
    “approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC for the utility to provide electricity for a data center in Wayne County's Van Buren Township”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: signed (end user; DTE PSA + CCAA approved by MPSC Oct 1, 2026; Google to be owner-operator)
    “The Commission approved a primary supply agreement (PSA) governing the terms of electric service to the data center and a clean capacity accelerator agreement (CCAA)”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Minimum bill terms: 80% of contract capacity (minimum monthly billing demand)
    “A minimum billing demand of 80%, compared to 50%-65% in the general D11 rate”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: scope Electric service to the Van Buren Township data center; ~1,000 MW contract capacity
    “The Commission approved a primary supply agreement (PSA) governing the terms of electric service to the data center”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: term 20 years
    “A contract length of 20 years, compared to 5-year contracts normally required under DTE Electric's large-load D11 rate”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: minimum bill 80% minimum monthly billing demand of contract capacity
    “A minimum billing demand of 80%, compared to 50%-65% in the general D11 rate”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: termination Early termination payment guaranteeing at least 15 years of minimum monthly charges
    “An early termination payment requiring Google to ultimately pay for at least 15 years of minimum monthly charges”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: collateral Credit and collateral requirements, including parent guarantee and bank letter of credit terms (amounts confidential, filed under protective seal)
    “Credit and collateral requirements to cover costs in the event Google were to cease operating the data center sooner than planned”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • clean capacity accelerator agreement (CCAA), special contract: scope DTE to develop up to 1,600 MW of renewable energy and 480 MW of battery storage to serve the data center; developed, owned and operated by DTE MW
    “the CCAA terms require Google to pay for DTE Electric to develop up to 1,600 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy and 480 MW of battery energy storage”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • clean capacity accelerator agreement (CCAA), special contract: cost responsibility Google pays for the CCAA resources; no costs passed to DTE's other customers
    “which will be paid for by Google and developed, owned and operated by DTE Electric”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • special contracts (PSA + CCAA): missing clause finding FINDING: full contract texts are filed under protective seal and public versions are heavily redacted; termination/cancellation language beyond the approved summary
    “intervenors including the Michigan Department of Attorney General had full access to all documents filed in the case, including confidential documents filed under protective seal”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Financing: not stated
    “Documented absence: no project-level financing disclosed in any source opened; self-funded hyperscaler development (Panattoni build for Google owner-occupation); the $2B figure in coverage is Kramer's claim about construction contract value to county businesses, not financing or capex”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: not stated
    “Documented absence: no official capex figure published for this campus in sources opened”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: approved / pre-construction, all gating approvals in hand (MPSC contracts Oct. 1, 2026; EGLE wetlands permit Aug. 2026; tax package final Oct. 1, 2026; final site plan Oct. 14, 2026); utility site work underway s
    “Construction-related utility work is already underway, with additional activity expected into 2027”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • tax exemption (PA 198 industrial facilities tax): jobs floor Google guaranteed at least 51 full-time jobs
    “Google also agreed to guarantee at least 51 full-time jobs”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • operational agreement: scope Operational agreement signed covering issues outside Planning Commission scope (noise and other community-impact commitments)
    “Panattoni signed an operational agreement with the township, he said, and that deal covers issues outside the commission's reach”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • operational agreement: missing clause finding FINDING: the operational agreement's text, term and termination/cancellation clauses are not public in any source opened; only its existence and general scope are documented
    “Panattoni signed an operational agreement with the township”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Incentives: PA 198 industrial facilities tax exemption: 50% property tax reduction for 12 years, value >$125M; Township Board approved May 19, 2026; Wayne County passed Sep 15, 2026; County Executive veto Sep 25, 2026 ov
    “Officials with Van Buren Township and Wayne County agreed to give Google a $125 million tax break for the project. County officials overrode the veto of Wayne County Executive Warren Evans”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • tax exemption (PA 198 industrial facilities tax): exemption 50% property tax reduction for 12 years; value >$125M; project still pays an estimated ~$124M in taxes over the period
    “The incentives would reduce certain local property taxes associated with the development by 50% for 12 years”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • community benefits agreement: community payment $15M to Wayne County and $15M to Van Buren Township (reported) USD
    “Google has agreed to provide $15 million each to both the county and the township”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Panattoni's Kramer claimed site construction will bring $2B in contracts to Wayne County businesses and >9M construction hours for local contractors; ~1,500 construction jobs; tens of millions spent on redesigns to reduc
    “Kramer said site construction would bring $2 billion in contracts to businesses in Wayne County”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings: 5 buildings
    “It will be comprised of five buildings, including three data processing buildings ranging from 87,000 square feet to 300,000 square feet, according to township planning documents”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Square feet: 1500000 sq ft
    “approve plans for the nearly 1.5 million-square-foot data center campus on 282 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • power supply agreement (PSA), special contract: condition Approval conditioned on mandatory protections so no project costs fall on other DTE customers; order imposes reporting and cost-tracking obligations (per seconda
    “requiring financial protections (80% minimum billing, termination payments, collateral) and reporting and modeling updates to ensure other customers are not subsidizing the project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • tax exemption (PA 198 industrial facilities tax): revocation / clawback Township can revoke the tax benefits if Google breaks its commitments (noise reduction, landscaping, water use terms negotiated by the Township)
    “The township can revoke the benefits for Google if the company breaks its promises”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • clean capacity accelerator agreement (CCAA), special contract: term 20 years
    “The 20-year Primary Supply Agreement and the related Clean Capacity Accelerator Agreement come with conditions meant to protect existing customers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Source record
    “the company and developer Panattoni committed to $15.4 million upfront for local infrastructure, at least 51 full-time jobs, local hiring preferences”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (29)
  • FAA OE/AAA aeronautical case: Determined: No Hazard to Air Navigation
    “Project Cannoli - Building 4 | Building | AGL 42 ft | 42.22553081,-83.43582075 | submitted 10/01/2026 | Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA aeronautical case: Determined: No Hazard to Air Navigation
    “Project Cannoli Data Center | Mobile Construction Equipment | AGL 200 ft | 42.22361111,-83.43111111 | submitted 09/29/2026 | Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA aeronautical case: Determined: No Hazard to Air Navigation
    “Project Cannoli - Building 2 | Building | AGL 72 ft | 42.22361111,-83.43111111 | submitted 09/29/2026 | Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • Developer: Panattoni Development Company, Inc.
    “Panattoni Development Company, Inc. has asked the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) for a permit”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Wetlands/stream permit application (Part 303 / Section 404): Application received; public hearing held June 16, 2026; comment record closed June 26, 2026; NO issuance found as of Oct. 18, 2026 (decision pending)
    “Panattoni Development Company, Inc. has asked EGLE for a permit to do work that would affect wetlands and streams in Van Buren Township; look up reference number HQH-Q48N-1818Y”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • wetlands / stream permit (NREPA Parts 303/301): application public notice and hearing
    “The project would permanently impact 13.55 acres of wetlands, place eight culverts in regulated streams, and build six stormwater ponds”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Township site-plan review: Preliminary review (Plan Review #2, Apr 13, 2026); substation reviewed as one project with the data center final site plan
    “proposes the construction of a high-voltage substation/switching station on a 9-acre area located within the boundaries of Project Cannoli Data Center”
    Local government · April 2026 · grade A
  • PA 207 of 2024 framework: state sales/use tax exemptions for large data centers are conditioned on ratepayer cost protections, municipal water use, and procurement of clean energy equal to 90% of forecasted annual usage
    “The Public Act requires that a data center procure clean energy to 90% of the data center's forecasted electricity usage on an annual basis”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Michigan Public Service Commission: Order approving DTE Electric / Google LLC special contracts (PSA + CCAA), Case No. U-22058
    “The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved special contracts between DTE Electric Co. and Google LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tallest structure filed with the FAA (ft): 72 ft
    “ASN 2026-AGL-15158-OE: Project Cannoli - Building 2, Building, 72 ft AGL, 745 ft AMSL, 42.22361,-83.43111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-09-29”
    FAA · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA filings under the campus's own project name evidence vertical construction at the Google Project Cannoli campus (Van Buren Township MI): a 200-ft mobile construction equipment case and two building cases ('Pro
    “ASN 2026-AGL-14885-OE: Project Cannoli Data Center, Mobile Construction Equipment, 200 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 42.22361,-83.43111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-09-29”
    FAA · Sept. 2026 · grade B
  • air permit to install (PTI): none found
    “Backup diesel generators are required to meet emission standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and may require an Air Permit from EGLE”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Huron River Watershed Council submitted technical comments to EGLE on the wetlands application; HRWC discloses funding received through Google's Water Stewardship Portfolio for watershed work
    “HRWC has received a grant from Bonneville Environmental Foundation, one of seven awarded nationally through Google's Water Stewardship Portfolio”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site plan approval date: Oct. 14, 2026
    “The Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted 5-1 Wednesday, Oct. 14, to approve plans for the nearly 1.5 million-square-foot data center campus”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Sustained resident opposition at township and county meetings; recall effort targeting the entire Township Board (organizers approved to collect signatures by ~Jul 2026, organizer Jenn Smith); a resident was
    “Opposition to the Van Buren Township project has sparked a recall effort targeting the entire township board”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • wetlands / stream permit (NREPA Parts 303/301): approved
    “In August, state environmental regulators approved wetland permits for the project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Recall campaign against the entire Van Buren Township Board of Trustees: organizers approved to collect signatures by July 2026 (organizer Jenn Smith), citing the board's data center approvals
    “organizers were approved to collect signatures to recall the township's entire board of trustees”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • MPSC directed DTE to include Google's expected load in its Integrated Resource Plan and Clean Energy Plan filings, listed separately and assessed alongside other large-load customers (per secondary coverage of related pr
    “the Michigan Public Service Commission directed DTE to include Google's expected load in its Integrated Resource Plan and Clean Energy Plan filings”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • State lawmakers are weighing bills to curtail data center development, including repeal of the tax breaks; data center guardrails are a live issue in Michigan's gubernatorial campaign
    “Lawmakers in Lansing are also weighing multiple bills that would curtail data center development”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Wayne County Commission: Override of County Executive Warren Evans' Sep. 25, 2026 veto of the >$125M tax exemption package
    “The Wayne County commission unanimously overrode Evans' veto”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Van Buren Township Planning Commission: Final site plan approval for Project Cannoli
    “The Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted 5-1 Wednesday, Oct. 14, to approve plans”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Entitlement status: final site plan APPROVED 5-1 by the Van Buren Township Planning Commission on Oct 14, 2026; developer cleared to start utility installation and site work
    “members of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve a final site plan for the project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Local approval status: Final site plan APPROVED 5-1 by the Van Buren Township Planning Commission on Oct 14, 2026 (preliminary site plan approved February 2026); approval clears Panattoni to start utility installation an
    “members of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve a final site plan for the project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • ITC is building an underground transmission line to connect the site to DTE; a new 345-kV switching station is planned (construction Q1 2028, completion Q3 2028 per a secondary factsheet of DTE filings)
    “ITC is building an underground transmission line to connect the site to DTE and state permits”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Wayne County Commission: County passage of the Project Cannoli tax incentive packages and community benefits agreement
    “the county voted to pass the packages Sept. 15”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Resident forcibly removed by police from the Township Board meeting after exceeding comment time while criticizing the project and the IFT exemptions
    “police escorting a woman from the chamber for exceeding her allotted public comment time while calling trustees grifters and liars”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Van Buren Township Board of Trustees: Resolutions granting PA 198 Industrial Facilities Tax exemptions to Google for Project Cannoli
    “trustees advanced resolutions granting Industrial Facilities Tax exemptions to Google for Project Cannoli”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Van Buren Township Planning Commission: Preliminary site plan approval, 3 data processing buildings, admin office, network building, 7-acre substation
    “the commission granted preliminary site approval in a 5-2 vote”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer open house (Panattoni / DTE, township officials attending): First public pitch of Project Cannoli; end user unnamed ('Fortune 50' client)
    “People flooded a catered open house for a proposed Van Buren Township data center Thursday”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (19)
  • Site location FAA: 42.223611,-83.431111 (Building 2 / construction equipment); 42.225531,-83.435821 (Building 4)
    “Project Cannoli - Building 4; 42.22553081,-83.43582075; Project Cannoli Data Center”
    FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Collateral: Credit and collateral requirements, including parent guarantee and bank letter of credit terms (amounts under protective seal)
    “reject any limitations on the parent guarantee and bank letter of credit collateral terms in the PSA and CCAA”
    Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
  • Address: Township 3 South, Range 8 East, Section 13, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI
    “The site is located in Township 3 South, Range 8 East, Section 13”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Code names: Project Cannoli
    “Project Cannoli is a proposed data center project which is located near the I-94/Haggerty Road area”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Acres: 282 acres
    “Of the 282 acres of property, approximately 130 acres will remain undeveloped”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Water use stated: 2.0 to 3.6 million gallons per day, purchased from the Township via a GLWA transmission main (Detroit River source); no groundwater, surface-water or aquifer withdrawals; sewer discharge capped at ~750,
    “the estimated water usage for the data center project is somewhere between 2 to 3.6 million gallons per day”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Workforce estimate: ~1,500 construction jobs; 51+ permanent jobs (developer/township figures)
    “Creation of approximately 1,500 construction jobs and 51+ permanent jobs”
    Local government · Jan. 2026 · grade A
  • Site acres: 282 acres
    “the data center will rise on 282 acres east of Haggerty Road and north of the Interstate 94 North Service Drive”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Time to service (months): 14 months
    “the data center is expected to begin taking service in December 2027”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: site plan approved Oct 14, 2026; utility installation and site work cleared to begin; no vertical construction reported
    “The approval allows developer Panattoni to move forward with utility installation and site improvements”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Address: East of Haggerty Road, north of the I-94 North Service Drive, between I-94 and I-275, Van Buren Township, MI
    “the data center will rise on 282 acres east of Haggerty Road and north of the Interstate 94 North Service Drive”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: site work / underground utility installation underway since ~Aug 2026; no building construction yet; groundbreaking expected before end of 2026
    “The approval allows developer Panattoni to move forward with utility installation and site improvements”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility/site work physically underway from ~August 2026, before final site plan approval: residents report crews working 6 a.m.-7 p.m., six to seven days a week, with dust complaints; underground utility work proceeds in
    “Dust has been coming into our homes since August and only getting worse”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer: Panattoni Development (Panattoni Data Center Group)
    “construction is being managed by industrial developer Panattoni”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Joint protest on the Rawsonville Road bridge (Van Buren/Ypsilanti township line) against both Project Cannoli and the U-M/Los Alamos computing facility
    “Public pushback against data centers is mounting in Michigan and nationwide”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Operator: Google - confirmed as the end user / owner-operator on Mar 17, 2026; construction managed by developer Panattoni
    “Google confirmed on Tuesday, March 17, that it was the company behind the project”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Site plan approval date: Feb. 11, 2026
    “the commission granted preliminary site approval in a 5-2 vote”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Owner companies: Triple Creek Associates LLC (current landowner); Google LLC (intended owner-operator, purchase pending approvals)
    “The proposed data center site is owned by Triple Creek Associates LLC, according to township documents”
    News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
  • Announced: Dec. 11, 2025
    “People flooded a catered open house for a proposed Van Buren Township data center Thursday, with representatives of the Panattoni Development Co. and DTE Energy on hand”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C

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