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Township passed opposition/moratorium resolutions and YCUA imposed a 12-month water/sewer moratorium, but U-M is zoning-exempt as a public university. MISO queue and EGLE air permit not located.","keyFacts":[{"label":"Textile Road site selection / ~$1.2B (reported MLive)","value":"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](https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/08/university-of-michigan-selects-textile-road-site-for-12b-los-alamos-supercomputing-facility.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/08/university-of-michigan-selects-textile-road-site-for-12b-los-alamos-supercomputing-facility.html"},{"label":"Building program / jobs / $100M SSRP (reported MLive)","value":"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](https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/08/university-of-michigan-selects-textile-road-site-for-12b-los-alamos-supercomputing-facility.html))","sourceUrl":"https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2026/08/university-of-michigan-selects-textile-road-site-for-12b-los-alamos-supercomputing-facility.html"},{"label":"50-100 MW / facility split / financing (reported MITechNews)","value":"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. 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