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Projects, land, power, permitting and regulatory signals that changed this week—preserved issue by issue so you can follow the story, not just today’s map.
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Van Buren Township approves Google Project Cannoli final site plan
Eleven fresh siting, power, policy, and entitlement signals across all eight Great Lakes states.
Van Buren Township schedules final Project Cannoli site-plan review
Eight fresh project, power, zoning, and policy signals across the Great Lakes.
Google backs 890 MW of nuclear uprates — with a 2032 horizon
Power commitments are getting bigger, while local approvals remain project by project. Six Top Stories and ten quick reads, with proposed capacity kept separate from approved work.
Michigan approves DTE power contracts for Google's 1-GW Van Buren campus
Twenty-five verified project, power, construction, capital, legal, regulatory, and opportunity signals across all eight Great Lakes states.
Hilliard ends its AWS fuel-cell permit appeal
Hilliard closes its state permit appeal over AWS power infrastructure while an Ohio court blocks a proposed Wilmington data-center ballot measure.
T5 Chicago IV clears its first construction permit
Permits move forward in Grayslake, Limerick and Wisconsin Rapids while power agreements, rate cases and local rules reshape projects across six states.
Dowagiac mining ends as AI conversion begins
A Michigan mining site pivots to AI while Wixom and Northfield Township lock in new data-center zoning rules.
Stargate must shed load before ordinary DTE customers
Emergency power rules, a new large-load tariff, a northern Michigan moratorium and a lawsuit that could test local data-center pauses.
Township freezes major power infrastructure for six months
Projects, land, power, permitting and regulatory signals that changed this week.
Michigan’s 1 GW Stargate build leads the watch
Projects, land, power, permitting and regulatory signals that changed this week.