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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).

Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township capacity claims
Source
Announced1 GW2026-03-17reportedutility filing

Key facts

permitted

Lifecycle

1 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

Panattoni Development

Developer

MISO

Grid

1 GW

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

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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.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    financial recorded
    incentive: Google energy affordability pledge
  2. Nov 2026
    Current: Permitted

Sources

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.

Head-to-head

Common questions

What is Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township?
Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Van Buren Township. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township use?
Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township has 1 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township?
Panattoni Development is recorded as a party to Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township on the DEPLOY registry.
Is Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township is permitted. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Google / DTE 'Project Cannoli' — Van Buren Township?
This record has been checked against its cited sources by automated agents for the indexed registry; it has not been individually reviewed by a person. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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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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