Data center campus
Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township
Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township is an AI data center campus developed by Panattoni Development in Michigan, Van Buren Township. 1 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Permitted · Panattoni Development · greenfield · MISO · Van Buren Township, Michigan, United States
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced-to-energized gap: 1 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
Promised online: 2026-09-10. 2 months past the claimed date, with no energized capacity on record. Claimed by DTE Energy (source).
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 1 GW | 2026-03-17 | reported | utility filing |
Key facts
Lifecycle
Announced
Energized
Panattoni Development
Developer
Location
Grid
Land
Announced-to-energized gap
Reported facts
Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.
- Developer / end user
- Google, evaluating a Van Buren Township site (Project Cannoli, developed by Panattoni)
- Max load
- 1 GW, starting Dec 2027 and reaching full load by Dec 2028
- Clean capacity (company-claimed)
- 2.7 GW of new solar, storage and demand flexibility under a DTE agreement
- Ratepayer pledge (company-claimed)
- Google covers its own power and grid costs; $10M Michigan Energy Impact Fund
- MPSC approval (Oct 2026)
- Conditional approval Oct 1 2026 of 20-year DTE-Google contracts; Google funds 1,600 MW renewables and 480 MW storage.
- Exit terms (reported, Oct 2026)
- At least 15 years of minimum charges on early exit; termination payment reported up to $2.5B.
- Site
- Near I-94 and Haggerty Road
On the data center map
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Approximate pin. We hold a city-level coordinate for this campus, not a verified site coordinate, so the marker shows the city rather than the parcel. The satellite strip and building outlines stay off until the site coordinate is sourced.
In clusterMichigan(59)
The deal
- developer
- Panattoni Development · site developer, 'Project Cannoli'
- utility
- DTE Energy · 20-year special contract, MPSC contested case
- offtaker
- Google · confirmed end user Mar 2026
Power
- Power source
- mixed
- Grid operator
- MISO
- Interconnection
DTE renewable resources for Van Buren load, 1.60 GW solar, Announced. 1.6 GW renewable in DTE 2.7 GW build-out to serve load
DTE storage for Van Buren load, 0.45 GW storage, Announced. 450 MW storage
DTE renewable generation for Google load, 1.60 GW solar, Announced. 1.6 GW renewable within the 2.7 GW package of new DTE resources to serve the data center
DTE energy storage for Google load, 0.45 GW storage, Announced. 450 MW of energy storage within the 2.7 GW package
The MISO grid demand right now: 66.8 GW (EIA-930, 2026-11-09 07:00). Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township's announced 1 GW would be 1.5% of the grid's current load.
County water status: Abnormally dry (D0) in Wayne County, week of 2026-11-03 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.
Why here
Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township sits on greenfield in Michigan, Van Buren Township. It connects to the MISO grid, draws on mixed power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.
Financial structure
- Google energy affordability pledge
- $10M. Google pledge to scale energy affordability initiatives in Michigan (company commitment, not an incentive received) journalist report
Regulatory paper trail
The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.
Timeline
- Aug 2026financial recordedincentive: Google energy affordability pledge
- Nov 2026Current: Permitted
Sources
- Google weighs joining Van Buren Township data center project, DTE Energy
- Van Buren Township OKs Google data center substation
- Scaling clean energy and reliability in Michigan
- Van Buren Township Data Center FAQ (Project Cannoli)
- AG Nessel Files Testimony to Protect Ratepayers in Google Data Center Proposal
- MPSC approves DTE Electric energy contracts for Google data center, protects other customers from the project's costs · Michigan Public Service Commission
- DTE gets green light to power massive Google data center · MLive
- MPSC news post on DTE-Google contract approval · X (@MichiganPSC)
3855ca30-2f90-46ea-9f56-34907bfdf94c · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.
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DEPLOY. (2026). Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township: AI data center campus record. Retrieved November 11, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/google-dte-van-buren-michigan
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