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Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette)

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan · All 5 Raeden sites

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated September 14, 2026

Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) is an operating data center in Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County), operated by Raeden. The public record puts it at announced November 2022, 0.4 MW operating.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Raeden
Facility type
Data center
Location
615 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, Wayne County, MI, 48226
Coordinates
42.3285, -83.0538 (approximate)
Power capacity
0.4 MW operating
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
November 2022
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

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.

  1. November 2022
    Operating
    Bedrock and Raeden's Detroit Carrier Hotel at 615 West Lafayette "began operations in November 2022"; 0.4 MW. Source: Bedrock Detroit

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) in Detroit, 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Carrier hotel in the former Detroit News Building, a Bedrock-owned property, at the intersection of long-haul fiber routes. Raeden's own site lists a 500 kVA UPS for this site; the 0.4 MW figure is the Bedrock press release's, recorded as stated without conversion. PeeringDB registers the facility as "Raeden Michigan 1".

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.

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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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) data center in Detroit?

Nothing on record as of September 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) in Detroit, 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 Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) data center?

No lawsuit over Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) 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 Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette) 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 Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette), and how big is it?

Raeden is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 0.4 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Raeden Detroit Carrier Hotel (615 W Lafayette)," updated September 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/raeden-detroit-carrier-hotel-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/raeden-detroit-carrier-hotel-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. 1.Bedrock and Raeden Partner to Bring First Carrier Hotel to Downtown Detroit · Bedrock Detroit · retrieved September 14, 2026
  2. 2.Detroit Data Centers, RAEDEN (operator site) · Raeden · retrieved September 14, 2026
  3. 3.PeeringDB facility registry API, record "Raeden Michigan 1", 615 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit 48226 · PeeringDB · retrieved September 14, 2026

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