Google and DTE announce Van Buren Township data center agreement, commit to contested case hearing

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 494

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago


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DTE Energy, one of the state’s largest energy providers on Tuesday announced that it will be working with Google to supply power to a 1-gigawatt data center in Van Buren Township.

Members of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted to give preliminary approval to a site plan for the project in early February, Planet Detroit reported. In addition to the gigawatt of energy needed to power the project, the developer said it would …

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