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Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side)

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

CancelledContestedRecord updated September 21, 2026

Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) is a cancelled data center in Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County), operated by Undisclosed developer (respondent to City of Detroit RFP). The public record puts it at 14.4 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Undisclosed developer (respondent to City of Detroit RFP)
Facility type: Data center
Location: 11031 Shoemaker Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI, 48213
Coordinates: 42.3895, -82.9892 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 14.4 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
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: Contested
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

July 2026
Cancelled
Proposal dropped, per a Council Member Latisha Johnson's office policy analyst; city later re-issued an RFP citing technology/AI as a possible use Source: Planet Detroit
March 24, 2026
Proposed
City received a data center proposal for the two city-owned Shoemaker Street parcels (14.4 acres) in response to a fall-2025 RFP; developer not disclosed Source: WXYZ Detroit

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Detroit City Council voted to request a two-year data center moratorium; Councilwoman Mary Waters raised energy and water concerns

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Detroit City Council voted to request a two-year data center moratorium; Councilwoman Mary Waters raised energy and water concerns

Source: WXYZ Detroit

Notes on the record

Site is city-owned industrial land north of the Stellantis Jeep plant and south of Coleman A. Young International Airport. The company behind the proposal was never disclosed. Distinct from the Packard Plant site that Panattoni evaluated for Google's 1 GW project (now Project Cannoli in Van Buren Township).

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
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.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) in Detroit?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side)?

No lawsuit over Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 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 Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side) 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 Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side), and how big is it?

Undisclosed developer (respondent to City of Detroit RFP) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 14.4 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Shoemaker Street Data Center Proposal (11031 & 11081 Shoemaker St, Detroit east side)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/detroit-shoemaker-street-data-center-mi.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/detroit-shoemaker-street-data-center-mi, retrieved October 1, 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.WXYZ, Data center proposed for 14.4 acres on Detroit's east side; city council seeks moratorium (2026-03-24) · WXYZ Detroit · retrieved September 21, 2026
2.Planet Detroit, Environmental groups call for Detroit data center moratorium as city develops ordinance (Shoemaker proposal dropped) · Planet Detroit · retrieved September 21, 2026
3.Gander Newsroom, How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? (Detroit: Shoemaker Street site dropped; Packard Plant deemed too small) · Gander Newsroom · retrieved September 21, 2026
4.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode, 11031 Shoemaker Street, Detroit, 48213 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 21, 2026

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