Wayne County, Michigan
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Your county: 9 data center sites, 2 with a sourced job figure, 6 officials who represent them.
| Site | Status | Construction | Permanent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Data Center (former McLouth Steel site) | Announced | No sourced figure yet | 60 to 1001 forecast Planned |
| Project Cannoli | Under construction | approximately 1,5002 | at least 512 forecast Planned |
| Allen Park Data Center | Cancelled | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Cogent Detroit Data Center (1320 3rd St) | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Klever Technology Center Data Center Proposal (27,181 Southern Street, Inkster) | Cancelled | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Otava Metro Detroit Data Center | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Quicken Loans | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Raeden One Campus Martius (1050 Woodward) | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11,031 & 11,081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) | Cancelled | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Solstice Data Center | Paused | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| US Signal MI03 Detroit Data Center | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
| Verizon Wireless | Operating | No sourced figure yet | No sourced figure yet |
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Sources
- 1.City of Gibraltar, Updated FAQ, Raeden data center, Mar 31, 2026. ↩
- 2.Charter Township of Van Buren, Project Cannoli Data Center FAQ, Jan 12, 2026. ↩
- 3.Associated Press race call, 2026 Governor MI result. ↩
- 4.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. Senate MI result. ↩
- 5.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. House MI-6 result. ↩
- 6.AP, result call, Aug 4, 2026. ↩
- 7.Benson campaign data centers page, Benson campaign data centers page statement. ↩
- 8.Planet Detroit, Sep 2026, Planet Detroit, Sep 2026 statement, Sep 25, 2026. ↩
- 9.Saline press conference, El-Sayed campaign transcript, Saline press conference, El-Sayed campaign transcript statement, Jul 30, 2026. ↩
- 10.Smarter.Vote candidate profile, Smarter.Vote candidate profile statement. ↩
- 11.Democracy Now! interview transcript, Democracy Now! interview transcript statement, Aug 14, 2026. ↩
Who represents this county
Serving now · leaving Jan 2027
Gretchen Whitmer (D) · Governor2026 Governor MI: won by Jocelyn Benson (D), AP call3, not yet certified · official count
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Serving now · leaving Jan 2027
Gary C. Peters (D) · U.S. Senator · term ends Jan 3, 20272026 U.S. Senate MI: won by Abdul El-Sayed (D), AP call4, not yet certified · official count
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Contact: website · DC 202-224-6221 · contact form
Serving now · not on 2026 ballot
Elissa Slotkin (D) · U.S. Senator · term ends Jan 3, 2031No public statement on data centers found yet.
Contact: website · DC 202-224-4822
Serving now · won 2026 race
Debbie Dingell (D) · U.S. Representative (119th) · MI-6 · term ends Jan 3, 20272026 U.S. House MI-6: won by Debbie Dingell (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Contact: website · DC 202-225-4071
Serving now · won 2026 race
Rashida Tlaib (D) · U.S. Representative (119th) · MI-12 · term ends Jan 3, 20272026 U.S. House MI-12: won by Rashida Tlaib (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Contact: website · DC 202-225-5126
Outgoing · lost 2026 primary runoff · leaves Jan 2027
Shri Thanedar (D) · U.S. Representative (119th) · MI-132026 U.S. House MI-13: won by Donavan McKinney (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
Lost 2026 primary to Donavan McKinney6
No public statement on data centers found yet.
Contact: website · DC 202-225-5802
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Jocelyn Benson (D) · Governor-elect2026 Governor MI: won by Jocelyn Benson (D), AP call3, not yet certified · official count
As Governor, I will put a moratorium on data centers. No data centers will be built in Michigan unless there are rules in place that make them negotiate with communities in the open, ban them from getting tax breaks and using up our water, and require them to pay for their power.7
Benson campaign data centers page
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Abdul El-Sayed (D) · U.S. Senator-elect2026 U.S. Senate MI: won by Abdul El-Sayed (D), AP call4, not yet certified · official count
Paraphrase: Supports state and local moratoriums on new data centers until protections on utility costs, water and community benefits are in place.8
Unless and until a community has its own oversight, at this point, no more data centers. We need action at the federal level.9
Saline press conference, El-Sayed campaign transcript, Jul 30, 2026
If a state government is saying, “How do we act here?” I think a moratorium makes sense.9
Saline press conference, El-Sayed campaign transcript, Jul 30, 2026
Incoming · takes office Jan 2027
Donavan McKinney (D) · U.S. Representative-elect (120th) · MI-132026 U.S. House MI-13: won by Donavan McKinney (D), AP call5, not yet certified · official count
Paraphrase: Supports a federal moratorium on new large data centers and stronger water, grid and ratepayer safeguards than Michigan has now.10
we do need a moratorium. But in reality, we need to make sure that these are union jobs and that, like, at the end of the day, people's environmental justice is protected.11
Democracy Now! interview transcript, Aug 14, 2026
Questions
How many data centers are in this county?
This page lists every data center campus we track in the county: operating, under construction, permitted and announced. Figures are listed site by site and never added up across claim types. Source
What trades build data centers?
Electricians lead, then pipefitters, HVAC mechanics, ironworkers, equipment operators, laborers and controls technicians. Apprenticeships through union halls and state programs are the main way in. Source
How do I find a data center job near me?
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