Switch Pyramid Campus

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. January 2025

   Under construction
   Phase 2 completed spring 2025; Phase 3 third building announced; construction expected to start 'sooner rather than later'; investment 'several hundred million dollars' Source: Data Center Dynamics
2. 2022

   Under construction
   Phase 2 begins: 312,000 sq ft second building
3. 2017

   Operating
   Switch acquires 7-story Steelcase Pyramid building in Gaines Township, Kent County for $22.2M; Phase 1 delivers 225,000 sq ft white space

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Switch Pyramid Campus in Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. The project repurposed the long-vacant, iconic Steelcase 'Pyramid' and is broadly welcomed locally, with the township receiving roughly $430K/year from Switch and its tenants.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

The project repurposed the long-vacant, iconic Steelcase 'Pyramid' and is broadly welcomed locally, with the township receiving roughly $430K/year from Switch and its tenants. But it has drawn accountability friction: an initial 1,000-job vision became a 103-job commitment, of which only 26 were created by the 2021 deadline (about 148 by later reporting), and a dispute over school capital-debt millage reached the state legislature. An announced ~$400M construction budget contrasts with ~$150M reported as actually invested by 2018.

Source: Bridge Michigan

Power and water

100% renewable, Switch was Consumers Energy's first large-business renewable customer and negotiated a dedicated new wind project; an on-site substation provides grid interconnection (not generation). The campus is designed for up to 320 MW.

No facility-specific cooling type or water volume is disclosed; the City of Grand Rapids provides water and sewer service.

Public money on the record

Notes on the record

Steelcase Pyramid campus, Gaines Township, Kent County MI (south of Grand Rapids; NOT the city of Wyoming, which is a separate municipality ~5 km north). Total campus target: 1.8M sq ft, 320 MW, ~$5B investment across all phases. Phase 1 (225,000 sq ft white space) and Phase 2 (312,000 sq ft) operational; Phase 3 in planning/early construction as of 2025. Michigan's largest data center by capacity. Coordinates are approximate Pyramid campus location on East Paris Ave, Gaines Township. Status re-check, NO change proposed - but flagging a possible mislabel for a maintainer. This record has the oldest basis in the state (lastUpdated 2025-01) and sits at 'under_construction' while the campus itself has been open and serving customers since 2017, with buildings added incrementally. I did NOT propose 'operational' because the only opening evidence I could fetch predates the record's own 2025-01 basis, so the maintainer may have chosen 'under_construction' deliberately to track the ongoing second/third-building expansion. Deciding this needs a maintainer's intent, not more sources. No cooling or water source was fetchable; switch.com/pyramid renders its specs via JavaScript and returned only a headline.

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.

• 123NET DC4 Grand Rapids Data Center · Byron Center · 123NET2 mi · Operating
• Microsoft Gaines Township Data Center · Gaines Township · Microsoft4 mi · Proposed · Contested
• US Signal MI01 Grand Rapids Data Center · Kentwood · US Signal5 mi · Operating
• Microsoft Dorr Township Data Center · Dorr Township · Microsoft13 mi · Proposed · Contested
• Microsoft Lowell Township Data Center · Lowell Township · Microsoft16 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception

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