University of Michigan Los Alamos Data Center
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, MI
Source: Primary source
University of Michigan Los Alamos Data Center is a proposed data center in Washtenaw County, MI, operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkPurpose: AI for Nuclear Research. Being pressured to relocate Announced investment: $1.2B. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.
Operator chain
- Files asLos Alamos National Laboratory
- This facilityUniversity of Michigan Los Alamos Data Center
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Data center protesters briefly cited after protest at University of Michigan official’s homeMLive.com· May 27, 2026
- One Los Alamos site is ‘dead,’ per University of Michigan leader. What comes next?MLive.com· May 17, 2026
- Utility in Ypsilanti, Michigan, imposes one-year moratorium on supplying new data centersData Center Dynamics· May 11, 2026
- University of Michigan warns of legal action over Los Alamos project pauseMLive.com· May 6, 2026
- Ypsilanti utility board halts University of Michigan nuclear weapons data centerWorld Socialist Web Site· May 3, 2026
- The fight against a $1.2 billion U-M and Los Alamos-backed data center continuesWDET 101.9 FM· Apr 28, 2026
Data-center discussions in Washtenaw County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Michigan reported $1.1M in Data Center / Colocation Sales and Use Tax Exemption (MCL 205.54ee / 205.94, pre-2025 program) for FY2023 (Michigan Department of Treasury, Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis (ORTA)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Rawsonville Elementary School in Ypsilanti, is 0.6 mi from this site (315 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.