Utility
Consumers Energy and data centers
1 tracked data center project in Michigan, large-load tariff approved.
Part of CMS Energy.
Tracked data center projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Gaines Township data center Michigan | Proposed | — |
Capacity is the planned figure each project publishes (utility load or IT load as the record notes). Total for proposed, approved, under-construction and operating projects: no single figure, plus 1 with no single capacity figure. A project served by two utilities counts in full for each.
Large-load tariff and rules
- Status
- Large-load tariff or rules approved (2025-11-06)
- Tariff
- Consumers Energy large-load (data center) tariff provisions
- Docket
- U-21859, Michigan Public Service Commission
- What it says
- The MPSC approved with modifications Consumers' new data center and large-load tariff provisions, applying to customers of at least 100 MW, aimed at protecting customers from stranded-asset risk. (Earthjustice)
Source excerpt
“The ruling establishes new tariff provisions for service of data centers and other large-load customers”
Official forecasts of data center load
- Consumers reported about 9 GW of large-load interconnection requests in its pipeline, with up to 2 GW in final negotiation stages. (Utility Dive, 2026-02-06)
Source excerpt
“about 9 GW of large-load interconnection requests in its pipeline”
What sources say about customer bills
Sources saying customers are protected, or bills are lower than they would be
- Consumers Energy: Consumers says large new customers will pay their full cost of service plus part of fixed system costs. (Consumers Energy, 2025-12-11)
Source excerpt
“will pay their full cost of service and a portion of the system's fixed costs”
Sources finding both, or saying it depends
- Earthjustice: Earthjustice notes the order requires analysis in the next rate case of whether current rates could cause other customers to subsidize data centers. (Earthjustice, 2025-11-06)
Source excerpt
“requires Consumers to do an analysis in its next rate case on how current rates could cause other customers to subsidize”
These are statements by regulators, utilities, advocates and researchers about this utility or its region. They are not a prediction of any customer’s bill, which depends on rates, usage and regulator decisions.
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Last updated Oct 13, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). Consumers Energy and data centers. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/utilities/consumers-energy |
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| MLA | “Consumers Energy and data centers.” Data Center Census, Oct 13, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/utilities/consumers-energy. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/utilities/consumers-energy |
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