id: microsoft-lowell-township
name: Microsoft Lowell Township site
operator: microsoft
status: cancelled
location:
  country: US
  state: MI
  county: Kent
  locality: Lowell Township
metrics:
  land_acres: 235
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-plans-data-centers-in-dorr-and-lowell-townships-applies-for-property-rezoning-in-gaines-townships/
    title: "Microsoft plans data centers in Dorr and Lowell townships, applies for property rezoning in Gaines township"
    publisher: DataCenter Dynamics
    date: "2026-07-06"
signals:
  - sig-20260706-microsoft-lowell-land
  - sig-20260706-microsoft-lowell-status
notes: >
  235-acre site. Rezoning application withdrawn 2025-12-18 amid local
  opposition — recorded as cancelled (withdrawn path), a negative outcome kept
  as a first-class record per KB-0001/GD-0004. Single-source (DataCenter
  Dynamics) → medium.