Project Ironwood is a proposed data center in Dundee Township, Michigan, at the corner of Ann Arbor Road and Day Road.
Cloverleaf is committed to environmental stewardship and protecting the community against potential adverse effects. As such, Project Ironwood will use a closed-loop cooling system and will pay for any power or transmission upgrades to protect against an increase to electric rates including any transmission upgrades or energy generation required by ITC and DTE, respectively.
Project Ironwood is in the development phase and is hosting weekly office hours to answer questions and receive community feedback.
Project Ironwood represents a multi-billion-dollar investment in Dundee Township and Monroe County and will inject a significant amount of revenue into their economies.
Project Ironwood will create over 1,000 family-wage construction jobs, partnering with local union and labor groups and sourcing from the local workforce through training programs.
Project Ironwood will create more than 200 long-term, full-time, high-paying positions such as data center technicians, network engineers, and IT support staff that often do not require four-year university degrees.
Project Ironwood will provide the following estimated tax revenues on an annual basis, assuming the project moves forward in both the Village and Township:
Project Ironwood commits to using a closed-loop cooling system requiring a one-time fill designed by licensed Michigan engineers. The building will only use as much water as a small office building on a day-to-day basis and will not affect local water supplies.
Project Ironwood commits to paying for any power and transmission upgrades to protect existing ratepayers from an increase in their electricity bills. Any energy contract between Project Ironwood and DTE will be reviewed by the Michigan Public Service Commission to ensure it does not impact existing DTE customers.
Project Ironwood is exploring the opportunity to invest in community-driven initiatives, including new facilities for support services and a Community Benefits Agreement to ensure funding is distributed to initiatives the community prioritizes.
Dundee Township has been marked by Monroe County as an area with available land and a good place for industrial growth. The land acquired for Project Ironwood is already zoned for industrial use, making it a great fit for a low impact, high-value project like a data center.
The project will sit on approximately 350 acres with Day Road to the north, Ann Arbor Road to the west, and existing rail and industrial developments to the west and south. Trees, berms, and other landscaping features will provide barriers to the site for expansion and aid in visual mitigation.
Data Centers are highly secure buildings filled with computer servers that store, process, and move data around the world. They are where the internet lives. Instead of information being stored on your phone or computer alone, data centers safely store it and make sure it’s available whenever you need it.
These facilities power almost everything we do in today’s world – banking, healthcare, education, farming technology, government services and business operations all depend on them. As more homes, farms, and businesses rely on digital tools, the need for reliable data centers grows.
Components of an AI Data Center Campus; source: ULI White Paper “Local Guidelines for Data Center Development”
Data centers also bring local benefits. They create good-paying construction jobs, support local vendors, and contribute millions of dollars in local tax revenue that help fund municipal services, schools, roads, and emergency services. Further, modern data centers help make the power grid stronger and more reliable, because they are designed to adjust their power use when needed, helping the grid stay stable during times of high demand or extreme weather.
Data centers are the backbone of our digital economy – keeping our communities connected, supporting innovation, and powering the tools we use every day.
Cloverleaf Infrastructure is an industrial real estate developer specializing in data centers. Cloverleaf prepares land for large technology companies that build and operate data centers — the facilities that store and process information for things like the internet, cloud services, and everyday online tools. Once sites have all the needed local approvals ahead of construction and power confirmed to the site, Cloverleaf will look for the right data center end user to build and operate the facility.
