Van Buren Township

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On Tuesday's rundown, Meta's research credit on data center chips, Michigan's terms for Google's Van Buren Township campus, Miso's fast lane for big loads, Terawolf's gigawatt in Kentucky, and a colder IPO window for data center builders.

Kashmir Hill, Jesse Drucker, Eli Tan, and Mike Isaac of the New York Times, as published in the Seattle Times.

Here's what Meta is doing.

In addition, the CCAA terms require Google to pay for DTE Electric to develop up to 1,600 megawatts of renewable energy and 480 megawatts of battery energy storage to serve the data center.

According to DTE Electric, the data center is expected to begin taking service in December 2027, with a maximum load achieved by December 2028.

That's the clean capacity half of two contracts the commission approved on Thursday, October 1st between DTE Electric and Google for a campus in Wayne County's Van Buren Township.

The supply agreement runs 20 years against the five DTE's large load rate normally requires.

According to DTE Electric, the data center is expected to begin taking service in December 2027, with a maximum load achieved by December 2028.

That's Google's Van Buren Township campus, Project Cannoli, roughly one gigawatt of contracted load near Detroit Metro Airport, approved Thursday.

And the part I care about is who pays.

Google pays for that sixteen hundred megawatts of renewables and the storage.

I want to unpack it real quick.

This morning, the Wayne County Commission voted unanimously to override County Executive Warren Evans' veto of tax breaks for the massive Project Cannoli in Van Buren Township.

covering 280-plus acres just west of Metro Airport.

The deal under this is that Google would pay half the usual local property taxes for 12 years.

In his words, Wayne County should establish its own timetable.

for protecting the public interest.

Commissioners said that their vote doesn't approve the building itself and that the decision belongs to Van Buren Township.

That final commission decision comes up October 14th.

That's 'cause of freight.

So it sold for 8%, but it's in, uh, Van Buren Township, Michigan, so, you know, this freight is ridiculous.

Eight grand to get a truckload to California.

I would not buy this deal.

$4,500.

You, you sell like three or four pieces and the rest is free, and you have, you know, 37 or 35 pieces left to sell.

Could be very profitable if you're near this Van Buren Township, Michigan.

Again, it goes back to freight.

Term Limited Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans has vetoed $125 million in tax breaks for a Google-backed data center in Van Buren Township.

Evans says the county was pushed to decide too quickly on a project with major implications for water, electricity, and infrastructure.

He says the veto does not rule out development, but calls for more public input and independent review before the county acts.

Both county prosecutors pledged to protect consumers and children from harmful uses of artificial intelligence.

They're running to succeed term-limited Attorney General Dana Nessum.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans has vetoed a $125 million in tax breaks for a Google-backed data center in Van Buren Township.

Now, Evans says the county was pushed to decide too quickly on a project with major implications for water, electricity, and infrastructure.