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U-M / Los Alamos Research Computing Center

University of Michigan (with Los Alamos National Laboratory)Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, MIUpdated

University of Michigan (with Los Alamos National Laboratory) has proposed a data center in Washtenaw County, Michigan (proposed). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Investment
$1.2B
Site
144 acres

Who's on this build

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

  • Operator

    University of Michigan (with Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Timeline

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

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Street address reported
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
University of Michigan (with Los Alamos National Laboratory)Operator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
Stage
ProposedStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422

Scale

Reported investment
$1.2BReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422
Site area
144 acresSite area · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422

Site

City
YpsilantiCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
County
WashtenawCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
State
MichiganState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
Location precision
Street address reportedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422
Community response
Local opposition reportedCommunity response · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422

Power and cooling

AI workload
Confirmed AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi

Permits and public records

Incentives reported
State of Michigan grant for the research computing center (program name not stated in source) (Michigan) $100,000,000Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208188611075422

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasU-M / Los Alamos Research Computing CenterProposedNot reported

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: umich-lanl-research-computing-ypsilanti-township-mi
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. 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, “U-M / Los Alamos Research Computing Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/u-m-los-alamos-research-computing-center-mi-dc_bd58b0359d5e, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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