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Switch Pyramid Campus

SwitchGaines Township, Kent County, MIUpdated

Switch is building a 320 MW data center in Kent County, Michigan (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
320 MW
Investment
$5B
Site
138 acres
Reported jobs
148

Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Timeline

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. 4 yr ago

    Announced

  3. 4 yr ago

    Construction start

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
SwitchOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
Facility type
ColocationFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317

Scale

Reported capacity
320 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
Reported investment
$5BReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317
Site area
138 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317
Reported jobs
148Reported jobs · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317

Reported dates

Announced
2022Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
Construction start reported
2022Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi

Site

City
Gaines TownshipCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
County
KentCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
State
MichiganState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317

Power and cooling

Utility
Consumers EnergyUtility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317
Power source
WindPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317
AI workload
Mixed use, AI among other workloadsAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi

Permits and public records

Incentives reported
Michigan data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (PA 251/252 of 2015, enacted for Switch; saved ~$2M in 2022) (Michigan); Michigan Strategic Fund Renaissance Zone — 15-year personal-property tax exemption (from 2016; ~$1.1M/year), tied to a 103-job pledge that was not met (Michigan / Gaines Township / Kent County)Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 228765366734317

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasSwitch Pyramid CampusUnder construction320 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: switch-pyramid-campus-grand-rapids-mi
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  10. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “Switch Pyramid Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/switch-pyramid-campus-mi-dc_d00f966bcded, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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