Data Center Registry
Otava Metro Detroit Data Center
Westland, Wayne County, Michigan · All 3 Otava sites
Otava Metro Detroit Data Center is an operating data center in Westland, Michigan (Wayne County), operated by Otava. The public record puts it at 1.2 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Otava
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 6435 North Hix Road, Westland, Wayne County, MI, 48185
- Coordinates
- 42.3312, -83.4194 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.2 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Otava Metro Detroit Data Center in Westland, Wayne 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
Carrier-neutral standalone facility. The street address comes from Otava's own PeeringDB registration; the capacity and square footage from Otava's site. Otava (formerly Online Tech) does not appear anywhere in the tracked MI set.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- 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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Otava Metro Detroit Data Center in Westland?
Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Otava Metro Detroit Data Center in Westland, Wayne 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 Otava Metro Detroit Data Center?
No lawsuit over Otava Metro Detroit Data Center 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 Otava Metro Detroit Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Otava Metro Detroit Data Center 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 Otava Metro Detroit Data Center, and how big is it?
Otava is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.2 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Otava Metro Detroit Data Center," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/otava-metro-detroit-westland-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/otava-metro-detroit-westland-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.Secure Cloud Hosting Data Centers in Michigan, Otava Metro Detroit: "34,500 square-foot standalone data center", "1.2 MW" total building load capacity, eight telecom providers · Otava · retrieved September 14, 2026
- 2.PeeringDB facility registry API, record "Otava Metro Detroit", Otava LLC, 6435 North Hix Road, Westland 48185 · PeeringDB · retrieved September 14, 2026
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