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Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College)

Benton Charter Township, Berrien County, Michigan

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 7, 2026

Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) is a proposed data center in Benton Charter Township, Michigan (Berrien County), operated by Undisclosed developer. The public record puts it at announced April 2024, 280 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Undisclosed developer
Facility type: Data center
Location: Yore Avenue, Benton Charter Township, Berrien County, MI
Coordinates: 42.0952, -86.3881 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 280 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: April 2024
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: No reception on record
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 7, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) in Benton Charter Township, Berrien County, Michigan appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

An unnamed company considered a potential $3 billion AI data center on 280 acres on Yore Avenue near Lake Michigan College (ABC57, April 2024). Local officials cited power from the Cook Plant and Palisades and water for cooling. ABC57 reported that state tax-exemption legislation had to pass before the project could proceed. Baxtel lists it as 'land secured for future development' with the developer unknown. DCD later reported the plans had stalled, but that article could not be fetched, so the stall is not asserted from it. The $3B figure is a 'potential' value, so it is not recorded as the investment figure. The pin is a point on Yore Avenue near the college (OSM), not a parcel.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received it
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it: Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Our reporting on this site

Saline Township v. the $7 Billion Data Center · Settled

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Hyperscale Data Dowagiac Campus · Dowagiac · Hyperscale Data, Inc.16 mi · Under construction · 340 MW · In litigation
New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) · New Carlisle · Undisclosed28 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
Amazon Project Rainier · New Carlisle · Amazon Web Services28 mi · Operating · 2.2 GW · Contested
Microsoft Granger Data Center · Granger · Microsoft29 mi · Under construction · 1 GW · Mixed reception

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) in Benton Charter Township?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College)?

No lawsuit over Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) appears in the record we track as of October 7, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College), and how big is it?

Undisclosed developer is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 280 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Benton Township AI Data Center (Yore Avenue, near Lake Michigan College)," updated October 7, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/benton-township-yore-avenue-ai-data-center-mi.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/benton-township-yore-avenue-ai-data-center-mi, retrieved October 11, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.$3 billion A.I. data center potentially heading to Michiana · ABC57 · retrieved October 7, 2026
2.Benton Harbor (Proposed) data center listing · Baxtel · retrieved October 7, 2026

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