Google Van Buren Township campus (Project Cannoli)

Operated by Google · Van Buren Township, MI, US4 srcupdated 3mo ago

1GW campus on 282 acres north of I-94 between Haggerty Road and I-275, developed by Panattoni; the township planning commission granted preliminary site plan approval 5-2 on 2026-02-11/12 and Google was confirmed as the end user on 2026-03-17. DTE Energy filings were pending before the Michigan PSC. Coordinates are the Van Buren Charter Township centroid, not the parcel. Sources do not describe the workload as AI-specific, though OpenAI and Oracle executives have visited the site.

Compared to peers

Compared with 166 peer facilities in US.

Capacity (MW): 1,0005×+ above median; median 26 · p95 1,800
Supplier coverage: 0no peers; median 0 · p75 0
Announce → online lag: in progress; no completions yet

Bands describe deviation from peer median; not a judgment.

Ownership chain (Google)

Ownership opacity: 28 / 100 — transparent2 layers traced

L0 (entity)GooglellcUS
L1 (top)Alphabet Inc.publicUS100%src ↗

Opacity score combines jurisdiction secrecy and chain depth (≥3 layers = +10, ≥4 = +20). Descriptive only — high opacity warrants review, not accusation.

Public subsidies & incentives

Total disclosed

$125.0M

Claimed jobs

$/job claimed

$2451k

Van Buren Township (Wayne County, Michigan) Board of TrusteesUS-MI · tax-abatement
$125.0M
12y term · 51 jobs claimed

Permits

No permits tracked for this facility yet. Public records (county permits, environmental filings, grid interconnect filings) can be sourced via community findings.

Status

announced

Current capacity

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Planned capacity

1000 MW

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Location

City: Van Buren Township
Region: MI
Country: US
Coordinates: 42.2208, -83.4841

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Timeline

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Power

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Sources (4)

newsGoogle confirmed as company behind Van Buren Township data center plan2026.3.01
newsGoogle revealed as company behind hyperscale data center 'Project Cannoli'2026.3.18
newsVan Buren Township advances 1 GW 'Project Cannoli' data center: 'It's a big decision'2026.2.01
operatorProject Cannoli, Van Buren Michigan | Panattoni

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