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University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility

University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility is an AI data center campus developed by University of Michigan in Michigan, Ypsilanti Township. 0.10 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Announced · University of Michigan · greenfield · MISO · Ypsilanti Township, Michigan, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded

Announced-to-energized gap: 0.10 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

92nd-largest announced of 102 tracked campuses13th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 81,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)

Promised online: 2030. 51 months away. Claimed by University of Michigan (source).

University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility capacity claims
Source
Announced0.10 GW2026-08-01reportedjournalist report

Key facts

announced

Lifecycle

0.10 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

University of Michigan

Developer

United States

Location

MISO

Grid

greenfield

Land

0.10 GW

Announced-to-energized gap

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Textile Road site selection / ~$1.2B (reported MLive)
MLive reported (Aug 11 2026) that the University of Michigan selected about 144 acres off Textile Road in Ypsilanti Township (near the Ford Rawsonville plant) as the preferred site for a roughly $1.2 billion joint computing facility with DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory, after evaluating Willow Run / ACM alternatives. UM said it purchased 124 acres in March plus a prior ~20-acre parcel (MLive, Aug 11 2026)
Building program / jobs / $100M SSRP (reported MLive)
The same MLive report states the Michigan Strategic Fund is supporting the project with a $100 million Strategic Site Readiness Program grant, and that construction is expected to create about 300 union jobs with more than 200 permanent research positions and dozens of technical roles once complete. Local township opposition and a planned Sept 9 town hall are also noted (MLive, Aug 11 2026)
50-100 MW / facility split / financing (reported MITechNews)
MITechNews reported (Aug 14 2026) that U-M says the center would begin near 50 MW and could eventually reach 100 MW, with a dedicated DTE substation paid by the university; the program includes about 240,000 sq ft federal research space (including classified work) plus about 50,000 sq ft academic space. Financing is described as $300M from Los Alamos, $220M from U-M, $630M U-M-facilitated financing, and $100M state SSRP. Frame MW and square footage as U-M claims reported by MITechNews (MITechNews, Aug 14 2026)

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The story of University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility
Announced capex
$1.3B
Derived
Cost per MW
$13M/MW

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

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The deal

operator
University of Michigan · site owner
operator
Los Alamos National Laboratory · DOE partner
financier
State of Michigan · $100M Strategic Site Readiness Program grant for site development/construction

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
MISO
Interconnection

The MISO grid demand right now: 91.6 GW (EIA-930, 2026-10-02 01:00). University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility's announced 0.10 GW would be 0.1% of the grid's current load.

County water status: Moderate drought (D1) in Wayne County, week of 2026-09-29 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility sits on greenfield in Michigan, Ypsilanti Township. It connects to the MISO grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Computing facility total investment
$1.3B journalist report
Strategic Site Readiness Program grant
$100M. State of Michigan grant earmarked for site development, construction and related activities journalist report

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Investment, workforce and specs

Capex
$1.25 billion high-performance computing research facility source

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    party added
    financier: State of Michigan
  3. Oct 2026
    Current: Announced

Sources

1029c4e4-3281-4fed-8d55-78c6e853c664 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility?
University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Ypsilanti Township. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility use?
University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility has 0.10 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility?
University of Michigan is recorded as a party to University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility on the DEPLOY registry.
Is University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility is announced but not yet built. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Lab Computing Facility: AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/umich-lanl-ypsilanti-michigan

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