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Wayne County, Michigan

Wayne County, Michigan has 1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 3 records, against 1.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.2 GW of planned generation across 10 projects, 3 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
1GW
data centers, planned to operating
3
data center records, not cancelled
34%
of Michigan's data center MW
1.3GW
operating generation, 40 projects
1.2GW
planned generation, 10 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Wayne County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Washtenaw 1.5 GW Wayne 1 GW Monroe no data centers Macomb 0 MW Oakland 103.9 MW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

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76%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 1 GW of data centers against 1.3 GW of plants, with 1.2 GW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating1 GW
Operating generation1.3 GW
Planned generation1.2 GW

Data centers by status

3 records, 1 GW

Planned1 GW3 records, 100%
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The data center pipeline

3 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 769 MW listed for 2028 and 231 MW for 2027.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
0200400600800 231 2027 769 2028
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YearRecordsMW
20271231
20282769
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 3 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Wayne

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Google 1 GW 3 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Google31,000
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Power generation in the county

40 plants operate inside Wayne County, 1.3 GW. The queue adds 1.2 GW across 10 projects, and 3 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Wayne County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 1.3 GW 13 projects
Natural GasPlanned 50 MW 2 projects
Battery StorageOperating 14 MW 1 project
Battery StoragePlanned 1.2 GW 5 projects
SolarOperating 3 MW 3 projects
SolarPlanned 17 MW 2 projects
Landfill GasOperating 17.8 MW 16 projects
OilOperating 9.9 MW 6 projects
Waste HeatPlanned 7.5 MW 1 project
HydroOperating 1.6 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating131,265.1
Natural GasPlanned250
Battery StorageOperating114
Battery StoragePlanned51,170
SolarOperating33
SolarPlanned217
Landfill GasOperating1617.8
OilOperating69.9
Waste HeatPlanned17.5
HydroOperating11.6
Operating: 1.3 GW. Planned: 1.2 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.6 GW against 1 GW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0100200300400 Snapshot year 25 2022 25 2023 2024 200 2025 238 2026 207 2027 200 2028 350 2029
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2022125
2023125
202400
20251200
20263237.5
20272207
20281200
20291350
3 projects, 250 MW, were due before 2026

Wayne County against its neighbors

Washtenaw County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 1.5 GW, more than Wayne County. 3 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Washtenaw County 5
1,500
316
3,070 4.8x
Wayne County this page 3
1,000
1,311
1,245 0.76x
Oakland County 3
104
152
0 0.68x
Monroe County 0
0
4,594
945 0x
Macomb County 1
0
135
254 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Wayne County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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1
added to a queue, 200 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Wayne County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Wayne County, MISince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in Wayne County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 53 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Wayne County, MIStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 53 records
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