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Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center

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CancelledOpposedRecord updated September 9, 2026

Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center is a cancelled data center in Howell, Michigan (Livingston County), operated by Stantec Consulting Michigan / Randee LLC. The public record puts it at 1,077 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Stantec Consulting Michigan / Randee LLC
Facility type
Data center
Location
Grand River Avenue, north of I-96, Howell, Livingston County, MI
Coordinates
42.6318, -83.9933 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
1,077 acres
Investment
$1 billion
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
Opposed
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.

  1. December 2025
    Cancelled
    Applicants withdrew the conditional rezoning request on 2025-12-08, saying they would honour the township's moratorium. Township officials indicated the developers may resubmit once the moratorium ends. Source: Planet Detroit
  2. September 2025
    Proposed
    Planning commission voted against recommending the conditional rezoning. Source: Planet Detroit

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Howell Township Planning Commission voted against recommending the rezoning after a seven-hour meeting on 2025-09-23; the Livingston County Planning Commission voted against the project on 2025-11-19; the township board passed a six-month data-center moratorium on 2025-11-20.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

The Howell Township Planning Commission voted against recommending the rezoning after a seven-hour meeting on 2025-09-23; the Livingston County Planning Commission voted against the project on 2025-11-19; the township board passed a six-month data-center moratorium on 2025-11-20. A grassroots residents' group organised specifically to stop the rezoning of the 1,077 acres on both sides of Grand River Avenue, citing energy, water, environmental and procedural concerns.

Source: Planet Detroit

Notes on the record

1,077 acres of largely agricultural land north of I-96 in Howell Township. The record's cancelled status reflects the withdrawn application, not confirmed abandonment, the source explicitly reports the developers may resubmit after the moratorium. The end user: Planet Detroit does not name the end user; the Gander Newsroom tracker labels the project 'Meta-linked developers' and other coverage has reported Meta as the hyperscaler behind it, but no cited source confirms Meta, so the operator is recorded as only the named applicants (Stantec Consulting Michigan Inc. and Randee LLC). The landowner is the Van Gilder family. No megawatt capacity, water figure, or job count is stated in either source. Coordinates are Nominatim's match for Grand River Avenue in Howell Township, the road the source names as bisecting the site; the parcel boundary is not confirmed.

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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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 Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center in Howell?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center in Howell, Livingston County, Michigan is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. The Howell Township Planning Commission voted against recommending the rezoning after a seven-hour meeting on 2025-09-23; the Livingston County Planning Commission voted against the project on 2025-11-19; the township board passed a six-month data-center moratorium on 2025-11-20.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center?

No lawsuit over Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Howell Township Hyperscale 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 Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center, and how big is it?

Stantec Consulting Michigan / Randee LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1077 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Howell Township Hyperscale Data Center," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/stantec-randee-howell-township-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/stantec-randee-howell-township-mi, retrieved October 29, 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.Data center developers hit pause on $1 billion Howell Township proposal: 'The right thing to do now' · Planet Detroit · retrieved September 9, 2026
  2. 2.How many AI data centers are planned in Michigan? We counted. · Gander Newsroom · retrieved September 9, 2026

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