Data Center Registry
Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave)
Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) is a cancelled data center in Pavilion Township, Michigan (Kalamazoo County), operated by Franklin Partners. The public record puts it at 265 acres.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Franklin Partners
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, MI
- Coordinates
- 42.2065, -85.4719 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 265 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
- No reception on record
- 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.
- October 2025CancelledDeveloper withdrew the zoning request and asked officials to remove the item from all remaining 2025 agendas after packed public meetings. Source: Gander Newsroom
- September 2025ProposedFranklin Partners asked Pavilion Township to add "data center" as a special-exception use in the I-2 heavy-industrial zone for its parcel at South 26th Street and East N Avenue; public hearing set for September 18. Source: WWMT Newschannel 3
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo 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
Built-to-spec for an unidentified end user; no operator named beyond the landowner/developer. Franklin Partners has said it will "reconsider" the project, so this may reopen. Coordinates are a township-level geocode, not the parcel at S 26th St & E N Ave.
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
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.
- Aunalytics Kalamazoo Datacenter · Kalamazoo · Aunalytics11 mi · Operating
- Alterra Marshall Technology & Energy Center · Marshall · Alterra Development27 mi · Proposed · 1.4 GW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) in Pavilion Township?
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo 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.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave)?
No lawsuit over Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) appears in the record we track as of September 14, 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 Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave) 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 Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave), and how big is it?
Franklin Partners is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 265 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Pavilion Township Data Center (S 26th St & E N Ave)," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/franklin-partners-pavilion-township-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/franklin-partners-pavilion-township-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.Residents concerned about major data center proposal in Pavilion Township · WWMT Newschannel 3 · retrieved September 14, 2026
- 2.How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? We counted. · Gander Newsroom · retrieved September 14, 2026
- 3.OpenStreetMap/Nominatim geocode for Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan (township-level pin) · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 14, 2026
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