Data Centers Atlas: Michigan

News report: Stargate The Barn Campus

Michigan Public Radio Network reported a discussion near the Saline Township data center on October 2 about local control and siting on farmland. The article described resident worries about loss of agricultural land. These are reported positions, not independently verified land loss, measured effects or new legal restrictions.

Record status: unknown. The present disposition of these reported concerns has not been independently established. Approval, construction and company statements do not establish resolution or measured effects.

Event date: October 2, 2026

Source publication date: October 2, 2026

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 19, 2026

October 2 is the date of the event identified in the report and photo caption, not merely a source-check date. The article carries this explicit first publication date. The October 19 source check is separate.

Raised or recorded by Michigan Public Radio Network.

Company statement reported by an outlet

Related Digital and Blackstone planned to preserve open space, farmland and wetlands, Michigan Public reported in April. This earlier reported plan is context for the same campus, not verified conservation or a direct reply to the October 2 discussion.

The published company plan predates the October event and addresses the same land-use topic. It is linked with its April publication date and is not described as a later response.

Response publication date: April 25, 2026

Response sources checked: October 19, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Project Cannoli

Recorded event date: October 1, 2026

MPSC conditionally approved DTE and Google electricity contracts in U-22058. Acceptance and other conditions apply; this is a utility-contract milestone, not local siting or construction permission, completed obligations, energized service or operation.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

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Public concern on the record: Project Cannoli

Michigan Environmental Council, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club raised questions about projected ratepayer benefits and proposed stronger cost protections for Google's Van Buren Township project, as summarized in the commission's October 1 order. That order also records DTE Electric's arguments for its contractual protections and conditionally approves the contracts. It does not establish actual future bill impacts.

Record status: unknown. The commission issued a conditional contract decision, but the later disposition of these documented cost concerns is unknown. Acceptance, revised contracts, subsequent compliance and actual costs were not verified. The order expressly excludes customers who do not pay power-supply costs, including choice customers, from its prohibition on shifting such costs to other customers.

Event date: October 1, 2026

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

October 1, 2026 is when the order records the parties' positions. The individual underlying brief and testimony filing days have not been established in this bounded review. The original order and proof of service are dated October 1, 2026. A first public posting date is not independently established and stays unknown.

Raised or recorded by Michigan Environmental Council, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club.

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

News report: Stargate The Barn Campus

Michigan Public reported concerns about energy demand, environmental impacts and transparency at the Saline Township campus being developed for Oracle. The report described the legal challenge brought by the state attorney general to the electricity contracts and included differing company assurances. It does not establish a later court outcome, actual customer bill changes or measured environmental effects.

Event date: Not established

Source publication date: April 25, 2026

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 19, 2026

The exact date on which the described opponents raised each concern is not established. Article publication is not substituted for that event date. The article carries this explicit first publication date. The October 19 source check is separate.

Raised or recorded by Michigan Public.

Company statement reported by an outlet

Related Digital and Blackstone said the project would benefit existing electricity customers and that Oracle would fund its battery storage, according to Michigan Public. These reported assurances are not verified customer savings or an answer establishing the outcome of the legal challenge.

The article includes the companies cost-protection position beside the reported power and transparency concerns. This is the outlet-reported statement as published in April, not an October company update.

Response publication date: April 25, 2026

Response sources checked: October 19, 2026

Michigan Public

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

News report: Hyperscale Data Dowagiac Campus

WWMT reported that residents raised noise and property-value concerns near Hyperscale Data's Dowagiac campus as the company discussed expansion. The article also described city noise-rule and development-proposal discussions; this report does not establish a violation or current case outcome.

Record status: unknown. The current disposition of the reported concerns is not established by this bounded source review.

Event date: Not established

Source publication date: March 31, 2026

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

A single dated concern event is not established by the article. Its publication date is not substituted for an event day. The original WWMT article identifies March 31, 2026 as publication and April 1 as an update; the update is not a new event or first publication.

Raised or recorded by WWMT.

Company statement published by an agency or court

Hyperscale Data stated in its letter dated October 6, 2026 that it had ended cryptocurrency mining in early September and expected a temporary restart on October 7 for sound testing it described as court-ordered. These are company statements; actual testing results and present operation are not independently verified.

The City of Dowagiac published this original same-facility company letter, dated months after the WWMT article. Its first online publication date and a direct reply to the article are not established. The letter date is distinct from a publication date; the court order was not inspected.

Response publication date: Not established

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Dated record: Project Cannoli

Recorded event date: March 17, 2026

Google announced a Michigan data-center/energy collaboration and said it was evaluating Van Buren Township. The later county statement identifies Cannoli; the date is not final-plan approval, site-work commencement or 2700 MW of site IT capacity.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

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Dated record: Project Cannoli

Recorded event date: February 11, 2026

Van Buren Township Planning Commission granted Project Cannoli preliminary site plan approval with conditions, 5 to 2. This is a preliminary planning milestone, not final plan approval, an issued building permit, satisfied conditions or operation.

A recorded date retains its original source and phase scope. A scheduled date does not confirm that the event happened or permission was granted. Source-check dates are separate.

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Public concern on the record: Project Cannoli

Residents raised concerns about noise, water, electric rates, construction dust, health, land use and wildlife during Van Buren Township's Project Cannoli planning review. The minutes record differing views and conditional preliminary approval requiring further steps, including recurring sound monitoring and construction controls. They do not establish measured harm, a violation or resolution of every concern.

Record status: unknown. The later disposition of the residents' concerns is unknown in this bounded review. The recorded preliminary approval and developer commitments do not establish final approval, actual operation, measured compliance or that each concern was resolved.

Event date: February 11, 2026

Source publication date: Not established

Disposition date: Not established

Concern sources checked: October 18, 2026

The original minutes record the February 11, 2026 meeting and testimony. This is not an inferred first complaint date. A first public posting date for these municipal minutes has not been established. The URL folder year and PDF creation metadata are not used as publication dates.

Raised or recorded by Residents.

Company-published statement

Panattoni describes planned sound limits, municipal water supply, generator standards, landscaping and traffic controls, and states that the project is intended to fund its required power infrastructure. These are the developer's published commitments, not independent measurements or proof of their completion.

The company's Project Cannoli page addresses the same project and issues raised in the municipal record. Its publication date is unknown, so it is not presented as a dated express reply to the February meeting.

Response publication date: Not established

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.