The owners of a marijuana processing plant in Michigan are offering the site up for data center development.. Local press, including MLive and NewsChannel3, report Harbor Farmz is selling its marijuana processing facility at 2839 Full Circle Drive in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County.. – NAI Global. Listed on NAI Global, the 32,850 sq ft (3,050 sqm) property is described as having “immediate readiness for data, defense, advanced compute, or secure industrial users.”. The listing price hasn’t been disclosed.. Built in 2020, the four-acre site reportedly already has full zoning approval to be used as or developed into a data center.. The site currently has 1MW available now and 1.5MW available within a year, with potential to expand to 15MW within 36 months. The site includes one 600kW backup generator.. Harbor Farmz CEO Michael Ward told local news that the cannabis industry is oversupplied and less lucrative than it was a decade ago.. “There is just no way to consume this much cannabis being produced in the state,” he said. “Back in 2020, it was $500 an ounce. Now it’s $58 an ounce. How do you sustain that? It’s almost impossible.”. If sold, Harbor Farmz’s operations would be relocated to another facility in the city.. Phil DeVries, founder and CEO at Wolverine Consulting, which is helping Harbor Farmz on the sale, said on LinkedIn: “Project Full Circle represents something bigger than one building: it’s about Michigan’s industrial infrastructure adapting in real time to where capital and technology are moving. Inference data centers fit within existing infrastructure, draw modest power, and use minimal water without disrupting the grid or burdening ratepayers.”. DCD has previously reported that indoor & vertical farming have similar requirements to data centers in needing ample power, water, and air conditioning in large industrial spaces, as well as backup power sources.. DeVries told Crain’s Detroit that out of the 800 or so growing operations across the state, only about ten were built to the standards that could attract redevelopment as a data center.. A former cannabis farm in Saskatoon, Canada, was previously earmarked for potential data center development, as was a site in Tulsa, Oklahoma.. A cannabis company wants to turn a former golf course in New York into a data center development, after dropping plans to turn the site into a cannabis-friendly resort.. Conversely, a former Digital Realty data center in Herndon, Virginia, was previously turned into a vertical indoor farm.. A number of data centers globally offer their waste heat to indoor farms, greenhouses, and other agricultural or aquaculture facilities. Some operators have built on-site greenhouses.. Thank you for your North American news subscription. More in Investment / M&A / Financing. 30 May 2026. More in North America. 31 Mar 2026. 03 Jun 2026
