Meta has been confirmed as the $1 billion, 1,000+ acre data center buyer near Howell Township, aimed at large-scale AI and cloud workloads.
The project hinges on rezoning agricultural and residential land to research/technology use amid resident, township, and county planner pushback, including a possible six-month moratorium on data centers.
For AI infra watchers, this signals Meta’s continued buildout of hyperscale GPU-capable capacity into cheaper rural markets, making the local political and regulatory process worth tracking through the linked coverage.
Source: Meta behind $1B data center project near Howell, trustee confirms – mlive.com
