Michigan Data Center Intelligence

Mapped Michigan data center sites, with their power, water and risk

One app for every Michigan county: data center sites, power, grid and FEMA risk, with hearing alerts and an API. 11 data center buildings are mapped in 6 of its 83 counties, and businesses pay 14.48¢ per kWh for power, 8% above the US average.

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Where are Michigan's data centers?

11 mapped buildings sit in 6 of Michigan's 83 counties. Wayne County has the most: 4.

Which risks do the counties with data centers face?

Tornadoes are the most common risk: 3 of the 6 counties with mapped data centers rate high for them.

Bars: counties with mapped data centers that rate Relatively high or Very high . Tap one to show it on the map.

All 83 counties as a table

County facts

What will a Michigan site pay for power, and how fast is demand growing?

Business power in Michigan costs 14.48¢ per kWh, 8% above the US, and demand fell 1.4% since 2019.

What do businesses pay for power?

14.48¢ per kWh in 2025, 8% above the US average of 13.37¢.

Businesses15th most expensive of 51
Michigan
14.48¢
US
13.37¢

How fast is business power demand growing?

Business power use in Michigan fell 1.4% since 2019, while the US grew 10.5%.

What makes Michigan's power?

128.5 TWh generated in 2025: natural gas 42%, coal 23%, nuclear 21%.

Natural gas42%
Coal23%
Nuclear21%
Wind7.9%
Solar2.2%
Petroleum1.3%
Wood1.0%
Hydro1.0%

Under 1% each: other biomass, other gases, other (eia's catch-all). Pumped storage used more power than it made, so it is left out.

How much new power is proposed?

5,221 MW of new plants are proposed for 2026–2030, 16% of today's 33,074 MW: solar 88%, other 8%, wind 4%.

Solar4,587 MW
Other (EIA's catch-all)420 MW
Wind198 MW
Natural gas15 MW
Other biomass2 MW

Which grid would a Michigan site join, and what are its water and hazard risks?

MISO serves 96% of Michigan's power sales; tornadoes cost it most.

Which grid serves Michigan?

MISO serves 96% of Michigan's retail power sales.

MISO96%
PJM4%

Share of 2025 retail sales, by each utility's balancing authority .

How much water do Michigan's power plants use?

Michigan's power plants took in 2,000 billion gallons of water in 2024 to cool and returned about 97%; 44.0 billion gallons were used up .

Returned 97.8%Used up 2.2%

Which hazards cost Michigan most?

Tornadoes are Michigan's biggest risk (relatively high) ; the rest rate moderate or lower.

TornadoRelatively high
Inland floodingRelatively moderate
Heat waveRelatively moderate
Coastal floodingVery low
HurricaneVery low
WildfireVery low
DroughtVery low
EarthquakeVery low

Which AI campuses are being built in Michigan, and how big will they be?

Michigan has 1 AI campus on the list; it is being built. It, OpenAI Stargate Michigan, is planned at 988 MW , full size by Dec 2028.

OpenAI Stargate MichiganWashtenaw County
988 MWexpected first online Dec 2028 · full size Dec 2028

Bars: IT power expected at full size . Dates are Epoch AI's own estimates .

Who uses it, and what do they see first?

Lawyers, brokers, site teams, utilities, insurers and investors each start from their own view of Michigan's 83 counties.

Land-use and energy lawyers

Follow counties with data centers, their hearings and FEMA risk.

Wayne County4 mapped · risk relatively high
Eaton County2 mapped · risk relatively low
Oakland County2 mapped · risk relatively high

6counties with data centers to follow, each with its planning and zoning agendas

Land and industrial brokers

Rank counties by mapped data center buildings, with the power price behind them.

Wayne County4
Eaton County2
Oakland County2
Cass County1
Genesee County1

4mapped buildings in Wayne County, the most in Michigan

Site selection teams

Shortlist counties by mapped sites, power and risk on one map.

6of 83 counties have mapped data centers

Utilities and power buyers

Follow prices, demand and the grid behind each site. Bars: business power sales since 2019.

Michigan−1.4%
US+10.5%

−1.4%business power sales since 2019, US +10.5%

Insurers and lenders

Bars: how many of the counties with data centers rate high for each hazard.

Tornado3 of 6
Heat wave2 of 6
Inland flooding2 of 6
Drought0 of 6

3of 6 counties with mapped data centers rate high for at least one

Investors and analysts

Track AI campuses being built, their owners and users. Bars: MW expected at full size.

OpenAI Stargate Michigan988 MW

988MW planned at 1 AI campus being built

What's inside Michigan Data Center Intelligence?

One app for all 83 Michigan counties, plus hearing alerts and an API. Every screen below is filled with Michigan's real data.

The Intelligence app

Every county's sites, power, water and risk on one screen, with your watchlist.

app.camsahead.com/intelligence/michigan

OverviewMapSitesAI campusesProjectsPowerWaterRiskHearingsAlertsAPI

11mapped buildings

1AI campus

14.48¢business power, per kWh

+0.5%business demand, last 12 months

Watchlist	Mapped	Flood	Heat	Drought
Wayne County	4	Very high	high	not rated
Eaton County	2	low	low	not rated
Oakland County	2	high	high	not rated
Cass County	1	low	low	Very low
Genesee County	1	moderate	moderate	not rated

Hearings and filings

Follow counties and cases; get the agenda and the record when a hearing is posted.

Hearings · Michigan

Michigan · counties you follow Planning, zoning and utility agendas

Wayne County4 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Eaton County2 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Oakland County2 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts
Cass County1 mapped data center buildingsAgenda alerts

Alerts

New projects, stage changes, hearings and data updates for what you follow, by email or in the app.

Alerts · Michigan

Power demandBusiness power sales +0.5% on the year before: 37.5 TWhEIA-861M, 2025-09 to 2026-08
Site riskWayne County (4 mapped buildings) rates Very high for inland floodingFEMA National Risk Index
AI campus being builtOpenAI Stargate Michigan: 988 MW of IT power expected · first online Dec 2028 · full size Dec 2028Epoch AI

Data API

County, power, risk and project data as JSON for your own tools.

api.camsahead.com

GET /v1/counties/26163

{
  "fips": "26163",
  "name": "Wayne County",
  "state": "MI",
  "pop2025": 1769038,
  "pop_change_2020_pct": -1.4,
  "density_per_sqmi": 2891.3,
  "nri": {
    "risk_rating": "Relatively High",
    "ifld": {
      "rating": "Very High",
      "score": 99.4

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    },
    "hwav": {
      "rating": "Relatively High",
      "score": 99.3
    }
  },
  "grid": {
    "rtos": [
      "MISO"
    ],
    "utilities_n": 2
  },
  "state_power": {
    "commercial_cents_kwh": 14.48,
    "us_commercial_cents_kwh": 13.37,
    "as_of": "2025"
  }
}

What does it cost?

Michigan Data Center Intelligence is $390 a month for 3 seats.

Michigan Data Center Intelligence$390 a month

The Intelligence app: every county's sites, power, water and risk
Alerts on new projects, filings and hearings
Reports as web page, PDF and CSV
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Data APIFrom $999 a month

County, power, risk and project data as JSON
Keys for your own tools and models

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Public bodies$4,680 a year

Counties, cities, utilities and co-ops
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What stays open? The map, the county pages and every data center page stay open to everyone.

Sources and updates

How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.

OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
U.S. Census Bureau: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 county population estimates (co-est2025-alldata.csv): people by county.

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