Raeden Gibraltar data center (McLouth Steel site)
Gibraltar, Wayne County, MI
Raeden Gibraltar data center (McLouth Steel site), a data center project in Gibraltar, MI, has stalled. The facility is reported at 100 MW. Raeden proposed a 100MW inference data center reusing existing buildings at the former McLouth Steel site, 27800 W. Jefferson Ave., Gibraltar, Wayne County, with a substation planned on the adjacent Superfund parcel at 28000 W. Jefferson. Application submitted mid-Feb 2026; Gibraltar City Council passed a one-year data center moratorium March 9, 2026 that activists say targeted this application; Raeden sued the city in federal court in August 2026 over the moratorium. Distinct from the already-tracked, already-operating 'Raeden Michigan 1' facility in Detroit -- same operator, different site.
- 100 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced
- Stalled
Community sentiment
Should this project be built?
What’s next
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Latest news
Nothing written about this data center yet. The latest from Wayne County, MI:
Records and documentation
Michigan state legislation
- One-Year Moratorium ResolutionCity of Saline, Michigan one-year data center moratorium, enacted January 2026, active through January 2027.Download
- Emergency Ordinance No. 1461 (60-day moratorium)Ypsilanti, Michigan emergency 60-day data center moratorium, passed April 21, 2026.Download
- 180-Day Moratorium ResolutionSpringfield Township, Michigan 180-day data center moratorium, passed October 2025, expired April 2026.Download
- MPSC Case No. U-21859 - Consumers Energy Large-Load TariffConsumers Energy's large-load/data-center customer tariff proceeding, Michigan's second major utility to establish this rate class.Download
- MPSC Case No. U-21990 - DTE Energy Large-Load Tariff (Related Digital / Oracle, Saline Township)DTE Energy large-load tariff proceeding naming the 1.38GW Related Digital/Oracle "Stargate Michigan" project in Saline Township; an Attorney General appeal is pending.Download
- MPSC Case No. U-22061 - DTE Energy Large-Load TariffDTE Energy large-load/data-center customer tariff proceeding, follow-on to U-21990.Download
- HB5982 - Public utilities: other; contracts to service data centers; require to be treated as a contested case. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 6bb.Description comingDownload
- HB5398 - Property tax: exemptions; general property tax act; reflect repeal of data center tax exemptions. Amends sec. 7ff of 1893 PA 206 (MCL 211.7ff). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5396'25, HB 5397'25Description comingDownload
- HB5791 - Use tax: other; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4cc of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc).Description comingDownload
- HB6252 - Businesses: other; thermal impact assessment requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.Description comingDownload
- HB5790 - Local government: financing; requirements for enterprise data centers; modify. Amends sec. 4ee of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee).Description comingDownload
- HB6251 - Businesses: other; energy infrastructure and thermal management evaluation requirements for certain data centers; provide for. Creates new act.Description comingDownload
- HB5787 - Sales tax: exemptions; compliance with enterprise data center construction labor act; require. Amends sec. 4ee of 1933 PA 167 (MCL 205.54ee). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5785'26, HB 5786'26Description comingDownload
- SB1179 - Energy: other; reporting requirements for data centers; provide for. Creates new act.Description comingDownload
- SB0762 - Energy: other; energy and water usage report requirements for data centers; provide for. Amends sec. 5a of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.5a).Description comingDownload
- HB6142 - Businesses: other; requirements for data center decommissioning, dismantling, and remediation; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10jj. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6135'26, HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6139'26Description comingDownload
- HB5785 - Use tax: exemptions; compliance with enterprise data center construction labor act; require. Amends sec. 4cc of 1937 PA 94 (MCL 205.94cc). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5786'26, HB 5787'26Description comingDownload
- HR0240 - A resolution to urge a temporary pause on discretionary state-level incentives for data center construction, request a comprehensive review of the fiscal, utility, environmental, and local governance impacts of data center development in Michigan, and direct House committees to review these issues.Description comingDownload
- HB5777 - Businesses: other; large-scale data center life cycle financial responsibility act; create. Creates new act.Description comingDownload
- HB5846 - Land use: zoning and growth management; zoning overlay districts for data centers; provide for. Creates new act.Description comingDownload
- HB5595 - Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.Description comingDownload
- SB1018 - Businesses: other; moratorium on certain approvals for and operation of any new data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1019'26Description comingDownload
- HB5594 - Businesses: other; moratorium on certain approvals for and operation of any new data centers; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5596'26Description comingDownload
- HB5882 - Local government: other; requirements for a moratorium imposed by a local unit of government on large-scale data centers or cryptocurrency mining facilities; provide for. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5881'26Description comingDownload
- SB1020 - Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Raeden
- County
- Wayne County, MI
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Address
- Gibraltar, MI
- Stage
- Stalled
Size: not on file
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