Project Cannoli
Google · Van Buren Township, MI · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 42.23, -83.44
- Serving utility, source-reported
- DTE Energy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 1000 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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
- Under construction
The Van Buren Township Planning Commission approved the final site plan 5-1 on Oct. 14, 2026. Early construction is underway: residents have reported crews and dust since August, and phased underground utility work runs through early 2027. Google expects to draw power by late 2027.
Underlying source
Source notes
Google confirmed evaluating the site. Coordinates are approximate. Developer: Panattoni Development Co. The township planning commission granted preliminary site plan approval in February 2026 and approved the final site plan 5-1 on October 14, 2026. As of October 2026, early construction was reported underway, and Google expects the facility to begin drawing power by late 2027. The record is listed as under construction.
~1GW need per a DTE utility deal (450MW storage + 1.6GW renewables). $125M in local tax reduction in exchange for $15.4M developer-funded infrastructure + 51 jobs.
Sources and provenance
- Van Buren Township OKs Google data center substation · source retrieved 2026-07-09
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
- Van Buren Township — Data Center FAQ · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- Van Buren Township officials to consider final site plan for Google data center · source retrieved 2026-09-14
- Google, DTE Van Buren data center contracts: 20-year special contracts before the MPSC, decision requested by September 10, 2026 · source retrieved 2026-09-14
- Van Buren Township — Data Center Project page (1.0 GW maximum facility load; load begins Dec 2027, maximum Dec 2028; development agreement May 20, 2026) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Planet Detroit — Van Buren Township advances 1 GW 'Project Cannoli' (282 acres, 800,000 sq ft, 2–3.6M gallons/day, two air-cooled and one water-cooled building, 156 diesel backup generators) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Planet Detroit — Google, DTE plan 1 gigawatt Michigan data center (2.7 GW new resources: 1.6 GW renewables, 450 MW storage; MPSC contested case filed 2026-03-17) · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Michigan regulators OK DTE contracts for Google data center · source retrieved 2026-10-07
- Michigan regulators OK DTE contracts for Google data center · source retrieved 2026-10-24
- How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? We counted. · source retrieved 2026-10-07
- Google data center secures Van Buren Township approval, with startup expected in late 2027 · source retrieved 2026-10-24
- Google data center secures Van Buren Township approval, with startup expected in late 2027 · source retrieved 2026-10-24
- Van Buren Township officials approve plans for controversial Google data center campus (construction already underway) · source retrieved 2026-10-24
- Township vote paves way for Michigan's second hyperscale data center · 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.