Microsoft Gaines Township Data Center
Microsoft · Gaines Township, MI · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 42.802, -85.571
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Consumers Energy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-09
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
Microsoft's second data center site within Gaines Township -- distinct from the unrelated, already-operational Switch Pyramid Campus (also in Gaines Township, tracked separately as of August 2026). Microsoft bought a ~300-316-acre former Steelcase parcel on/near Patterson Avenue for ~$45-45.3M in October 2024 and is seeking to rezone a 40.5-acre portion from large-scale PUD to light industrial; Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission held a public hearing Dec 18, 2025. Township Community Development Director, Dec 2025: no specific plans provided yet beyond general intent. As of August 2026, no capacity or total project-investment figure had been disclosed. Coordinates are an approximate Patterson Avenue / Gaines Township estimate (placed apart from the existing Switch record's East Paris Avenue coordinates), not parcel-geocoded. Microsoft has committed in writing to seek no local property tax abatement from Gaines Charter Township, so the absence of a recorded subsidy reflects a sourced negative at the township level. State-level (MEDC/MSF) incentives were not checked by this source.
Sources and provenance
- Microsoft seeks rezoning approval for new data center in Gaines Township · source retrieved 2026-08-08
- Gaines Township to consider rezoning for future Microsoft data center · source retrieved 2026-08-08
- Gaines Township proposed data center: What to know before the April 15 public hearing · source retrieved 2026-09-09
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.