Metrobloks Southfield Data Center
Metrobloks · Southfield, MI · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- PermittedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 42.474, -83.293
- Serving utility, source-reported
- DTE Energy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 100 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-24
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
No dated operational history is established in this record. Publication, discovery and source-update dates are not opening dates.
Source notes
217,030-230,000 sq ft, two-story building on ~12.19 acres of vacant land along Inkster Road north of 11 Mile Road, Southfield's northwest corner. Los Angeles-based developer Metrobloks (as of August 2026, already tracked elsewhere in MO/IN/FL) has not completed a data center build anywhere yet per reporting. City of Southfield's own statement explicitly says the facility is not intended as 'an artificial intelligence repository' -- an AI classification is omitted here rather than defaulting to likely AI-specific. City Council approved the site plan 5-2 on Dec 16, 2025; the city notes 'Approval of the proposal does not remove City oversight' -- still subject to further permitting. A named IT-engineer public commenter said the real target may be closer to 150 MW by groundbreaking; unconfirmed beyond that public comment. Closed-loop cooling planned, city says 'minimal long-term water use.' Coordinates are an approximate Inkster/11 Mile intersection estimate, not parcel-geocoded.
DTE must deliver power before construction can begin, possibly 2027 or 2028
Sources and provenance
- City of Southfield Statement Regarding Proposed Data Center · source retrieved 2026-08-08
- Southfield City Council greenlights divisive data center plan: 'Too many unknowns' · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Southfield City Council approves data center site plan · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? We counted. — "LA-based developer Metrobloks LLC has received site plan approval from the Southfield City Council for a 100-megawatt data center" · source retrieved 2026-10-07
- Southfield data center proposal: City council to hear public input Monday (developer: 'Ours is 100') · source retrieved 2026-10-24
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.