Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side)
Undisclosed developer (respondent to City of Detroit RFP) · Detroit, MI · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 11031 Shoemaker Street
- Coordinates
- 42.3895216, -82.9892122
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-21
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
City received a data center proposal for the two city-owned Shoemaker Street parcels (14.4 acres) in response to a fall-2025 RFP; developer not disclosed
Underlying source - Cancelled
Proposal dropped, per a Council Member Latisha Johnson's office policy analyst; city later re-issued an RFP citing technology/AI as a possible use
Underlying source
Source notes
Site is city-owned industrial land north of the Stellantis Jeep plant and south of Coleman A. Young International Airport. The company behind the proposal was never disclosed. Distinct from the Packard Plant site that Panattoni evaluated for Google's 1 GW project (now Project Cannoli in Van Buren Township).
Sources and provenance
- WXYZ — Data center proposed for 14.4 acres on Detroit's east side; city council seeks moratorium (2026-03-24) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Planet Detroit — Environmental groups call for Detroit data center moratorium as city develops ordinance (Shoemaker proposal dropped) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Gander Newsroom — How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? (Detroit: Shoemaker Street site dropped; Packard Plant deemed too small) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode — 11031 Shoemaker Street, Detroit, 48213 · source retrieved 2026-09-21
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.