Michigan local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Michigan, current through August 19, 2026.

64 instruments — 51 in force, 4 pending, 9 past.

State policy is tracked separately: 14 actions (14 bills) in state_legislation.csv. These are not included in the local count above.

Detailed entries

Allendale Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-08
• Normalized date: 2026-06-08 (exact)
• Duration: One year, or until permanent regulations are adopted, whichever occurs first; extension permitted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, battery storage, solar, wind
• Moratorium ID: mi-allendale-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-07, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on data center, battery energy storage, and large-scale solar and wind applications pending permanent regulations
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Township Board approved Ordinance 2026-07, pausing applications for data centers, battery storage, and large-scale solar and wind for one year or until permanent regulations are adopted

Armada Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-14
• Normalized date: 2026-01-14 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days from January 14, 2026 (Resolution No. 2026-02); extended an additional 180 days from June 10, 2026 by Resolution No. 2026-10
• Current end date: 2026-12-07
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-armada-township-undated
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 2026-02 (adopted January 14, 2026, unanimous 5-0), extended by Resolution No. 2026-10 (adopted June 10, 2026)
• What prompted it: Recent growth in the building of data centers in the region; the Board sought time for Planning Commission review, resident input, and legal analysis of appropriate zoning standards
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active (extended); Resolution No. 2026-10 extended the moratorium an additional 180 days from June 10, 2026, so the moratorium remains in force as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Pending; Township Board, staff, and legal counsel continuing to study data center regulations during the extended moratorium period

Big Rapids Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-23
• Normalized date: 2026-02-23 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year, subject to extensions of 6 months or less by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-big-rapids-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Big Rapids Charter Township Data Center Moratorium Ordinance
• What prompted it: Public and township-official concerns over water use, energy use, noise, design, size, location, and operation
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Township will study and potentially enact data center regulations; waiver process applies after extensions beyond 12 months

Bruce Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Late December 2025 (Board of Trustees vote reported as occurring 'just days before Christmas'; The Record's article on the vote is dated 2025-12-31)
• Normalized date: — (month_only)
• Duration: Six months from initial adoption (per May 27, 2026 Record reporting), with a two-month extension approved March 4, 2026, and further ordinance amendments approved in late May 2026 as the six-month period expired
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-bruce-township-undated
• Legal basis: Bruce Township Board of Trustees moratorium covering all applications for Industrial Research Office (IRO) and Light Industrial zoning; specific resolution number not located
• What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan [VERIFY]
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active [VERIFY]
• Outcome: Pending; as the six-month moratorium neared expiration in May 2026, the Board approved a resolution adding new provisions to the township's data center ordinance rather than allowing the moratorium to simply lapse

Caledonia Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Original enactment date not established in the record reviewed; board unanimously extended the existing moratorium on 2026-06-03
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Extended through 2026-10-17 by the 2026-06-03 board vote; original enactment date and initial term not located
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-caledonia-township-undated
• Legal basis: Township moratorium on zoning and building review for data centers and digital mining operations (original ordinance/resolution number not located)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on zoning and building review for data centers and digital mining operations; specific trigger not stated in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; running through 2026-10-17 per the June 3, 2026 extension vote [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board unanimously extended the moratorium on zoning and building review for data centers and digital mining operations through 2026-10-17

Chesaning Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-07 (adopted); published 2026-05-17; effective 2026-05-18
• Normalized date: 2026-05-07 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the effective date, with a possible extension of up to six additional months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-chesaning-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 26-001, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on siting, construction, maintenance, and permitting of data centers and facilities; no specific pending project identified in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; effective since 2026-05-18
• Outcome: Adopted; bars siting, construction, maintenance, and permitting of data centers for 12 months, extendable up to six more months

City of Flint

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-08
• Normalized date: 2026-06-08 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-city-of-flint-2026
• Legal basis: City Council vote; details not confirmed beyond aggregator report in this pass
• What prompted it: Not specified in the source located
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active per aggregator's 2026-07-10 data snapshot
• Outcome: City Council voted to pause data center approvals for one year

Clark Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2025-06-24
• Normalized date: 2025-06-24 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-clark-township-2025
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees special meeting motion; no ordinance or resolution number identified
• What prompted it: Reaction to nearby Dafter Township bitcoin-mining noise conflict and desire to prevent incompatible industrial uses
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Expired approximately 2026-06-24 at the end of the documented one-year term. A later Township agenda shows data-center ordinance work, but no adopted extension was located through 2026-08-19. [VERIFY: post-expiry ordinance or extension record not located]
• Outcome: Draft ordinance reportedly would ban commercial or hyperscale data centers and crypto mining while allowing limited accessory-scale uses

Delta County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-21 (unanimous Board of Commissioners vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-21 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-delta-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board-adopted resolution (resolution number not located; the board packet referenced the resolution but did not include its full adopted text), following the county planning commission's 2026-07-06 recommendation
• What prompted it: Adopted to permit study of utility capacity, land use, noise, heat, water, environmental effects, and permanent zoning standards
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on construction and applications involving data centers and cryptocurrency mining

Detroit (requested)

• Type: City
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Not enacted as of 2026-04-29
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Requested 2 years
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-detroit-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution asking Mayor Mary Sheffield to consider withholding data center permits
• What prompted it: Desire to study environmental, economic, neighborhood, and ratepayer effects before proposals arrive
• Affected projects: None specified
• Detailed status: Request passed 6-2 on 2026-03-17; as of June 2026 Mayor Sheffield still had not acted on it, having instead convened a cross-sector working group (city departments, DTE Energy, unions, environmental advocates, led by Councilman Scott Benson) targeting data center zoning/policy recommendations by December 31, 2026.
• Outcome: No mayoral moratorium identified during this pass

Dundee Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2025-12-09
• Normalized date: 2025-12-09 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days from the effective date (December 9, 2025), or until the Township Board determines by resolution that the reasons for the moratorium no longer exist; no extension was found in Board minutes through July 14, 2026
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dundee-township-2025
• Legal basis: Dundee Township Resolution 2025-5, 'Establishing a Moratorium on Data Center Applications and Projects,' adopted December 9, 2025 (roll call: Trustees Lazette, Horkey, Jaworski, Miles, Treasurer Ost and Clerk Ziesmer voting aye; Supervisor Lewis absent)
• What prompted it: Community concern around proposed Project Ironwood
• Affected projects: Proposed Project Ironwood on about 350 acres
• Detailed status: Expired around June 7, 2026 (180 days after the December 9, 2025 effective date); no extension of Resolution 2025-5 and no permanent data-center zoning ordinance had been adopted as of the July 14, 2026 Board meeting. A Data Center Ordinance public workshop is scheduled for August 12, 2026 and the Planning Commission was to take the matter up again August 19, 2026
• Outcome: Ongoing discussions with residents

Fenton Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (first reading) [VERIFY: final-vote date and outcome not located on fentontownship.org Adopted Ordinances page captured at research/_web/fentontownship-org-clerk-page-adopted-ordinances.md as of 2026-04-29]
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (unverified)
• Duration: 12 months proposed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-fenton-township-2026
• Legal basis: Proposed township ordinance after first reading; final ordinance number not yet identified
• What prompted it: No data-center category in ordinance and resident concern over noise, power, and water
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Reported proposed as of 2026-02-12; [VERIFY: adoption status not confirmed against Fenton Township adopted-ordinances list as of 2026-04-29]
• Outcome: Pending verification of second reading or adoption

Filer Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-02 (introduced 2026-05-07, adopted by 6-0 vote 2026-06-02)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-02 (exact)
• Duration: Reported as one year; the official minutes confirm the vote but do not themselves restate the duration
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-filer-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board motion imposing a moratorium on data centers, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause; township had not received a data center application as of the May 7 introduction
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Township Board approved a motion imposing a data center moratorium by 6-0 vote

Forsyth Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-25
• Normalized date: 2026-06-25 (exact)
• Duration: Not stated in the source reviewed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-forsyth-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board-approved data center moratorium (ordinance/resolution number not located)
• What prompted it: Township officials said no data center application was pending; described as time to develop regulations and hold a public forum
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Reported active as of 2026-06-25; duration and thus end date unconfirmed [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.45 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Township Board approved a data center moratorium at a crowded meeting

Grand Blanc Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-21
• Normalized date: 2026-01-21 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year; may be extended, shortened, or revoked
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-grand-blanc-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township moratorium action; [VERIFY: ordinance or resolution number not located on Grand Blanc Township website as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Zoning code did not address data centers; concern over high power and water use relative to jobs
• Affected projects: No formal applications at enactment
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Planning commission and consultant process to draft standards

Green Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-12-09
• Normalized date: 2025-12-09 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year, extendable
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-green-charter-township-2025
• Legal basis: Adopted by board motion (Riebow/Thorne) at the December 9, 2025 regular Township Board meeting, unanimous roll call vote, with an amendment adding to Section 3 that the moratorium 'may be rescinded by vote of the board if or when deemed necessary'; the official minutes do not assign a separate numbered resolution to this action
• What prompted it: Community concern about water, energy, and noise impacts; no data center-specific standards
• Affected projects: None publicly identified at enactment
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Planning and zoning bodies tasked with ordinance development; moratorium can be revoked upon ordinance adoption

Hagar Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: Reported 2026-07-17; this is the news report date rather than a confirmed board-meeting date, and the adopted text was not located in the township document portal
• Normalized date: 2026-07-17 (range)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-hagar-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees-approved moratorium (ordinance/resolution number not located)
• What prompted it: Adopted while the planning commission studies noise, power, water, and possible permanent regulations
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.45 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board of Trustees approved a one-year data center moratorium

Haring Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Board vote scheduled for 2026-07-13, following a unanimous planning commission recommendation; outcome not confirmed as of 2026-07-31 (July minutes not yet posted)
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed as six months, to take effect immediately if adopted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-haring-township-undated
• Legal basis: Proposed data center moratorium following a unanimous planning commission recommendation (instrument not located)
• What prompted it: Would allow research and drafting of permanent rules
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Vote scheduled for 2026-07-13; passage not confirmed by 2026-07-31 because the township had not posted July board minutes [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.4 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board scheduled to vote on a six-month data center moratorium; outcome unverified as of 2026-07-31

Hart

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-26 (7-0 City Council vote, following a 2026-05-07 Planning Commission hearing that recommended it 7-0)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-26 (exact)
• Duration: Six months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-hart-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-02, adding Section 1242.07 to the city code
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on city consideration of applications for data centers and digital mining uses
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; adopted 2026-05-26, due to run to approximately 2026-11-26 absent extension
• Outcome: City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-02 by 7-0 vote; creates a six-month moratorium on city consideration of data center and digital mining applications

Hayes Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-10
• Normalized date: 2026-02-10 (exact)
• Duration: One-year moratorium, reported as adopted/revised while the Township studies data-center regulations.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-hayes-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board moratorium resolution published in agenda packet (document ID 22389 on hayestownshipmi.gov); resolution number not stated in IPR coverage and not separately published on the township site as of 2026-04-29
• What prompted it: Concern about possible redevelopment at former Big Rock Point nuclear site, plus loophole and takings-risk debates
• Affected projects: No filed project identified; concern centered on Big Rock Point area
• Detailed status: Extended and active as of 2026-08-19. Multiple later reports describe Hayes Township's data-center moratorium as a one-year pause while it studies potential zoning regulations. [VERIFY: revised signed resolution and exact end date not captured]
• Outcome: Board struck draft exemption language and planned further legal and zoning work

Houghton

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-08 (unanimous City Council vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-08 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-houghton-2026
• Legal basis: Council-adopted moratorium (resolution/ordinance number not located; the adopted text was not found in the city's online document portal)
• What prompted it: City officials said no data center had been proposed; the planning commission was to use the period to develop permanent regulations
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: City Council voted unanimously for a one-year pause on permitting, consideration, approval, location, or installation of data centers

Howell Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2025-11-20
• Normalized date: 2025-11-20 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-howell-township-2025
• Legal basis: Data Center Moratorium ordinance; formal ordinance number not identified
• What prompted it: Proposed Meta-linked hyperscale campus on more than 1,000 acres and rezoning conflict
• Affected projects: Proposed roughly $1 billion project; application withdrawn in December 2025
• Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-05-20 unless terminated or extended
• Outcome: Moratorium paused approvals while township studied regulations; developer withdrew rezoning request

Huron County

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-27 (Board of Commissioners vote, 4-2, one abstention)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-27 (exact)
• Duration: Reported as up to 36 months; the county's online draft ordinance (Zoning Amendment ZA 2026-02) states six months, and the final signed/codified 36-month text was not located online
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-huron-county-2026
• Legal basis: Zoning Amendment ZA 2026-02 (draft text conflicts with the reported 36-month final vote; final adopted text not located)
• What prompted it: Followed the county Planning Commission's April 2026 recommendation; pauses land-use permits for data centers and similar uses
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Reported active as of 2026-05-27; exact final duration unverified as of 2026-07-31 due to conflict between the draft ordinance and news reporting [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board of Commissioners voted 4-2 (Commissioner Vaughan abstained) to pause land-use permits for data centers and similar uses for up to 36 months

Lake Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-16 (unanimous vote), immediate effect
• Normalized date: 2026-07-16 (exact)
• Duration: Six months, or until the township adopts regulations, whichever occurs first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lake-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board-adopted moratorium (ordinance number not located; the official ordinances page did not contain the adopted text as of 2026-07-31)
• What prompted it: Halts approval, construction, expansion, zoning permits, and licenses for data centers
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY instrument number not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Township board unanimously adopted a six-month moratorium, effective immediately upon adoption

Lansing

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-13 (7-1 City Council vote); effective 2026-07-27
• Normalized date: 2026-07-13 (exact)
• Duration: 182 days from the effective date, reported to run through 2027-01-25
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lansing-2026
• Legal basis: Chapter 878 of the city code
• What prompted it: Bars issuance of building permits for data centers and processing of zoning amendment applications that would permit a data center as a principal or accessory use
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; effective since 2026-07-27, reported to run through 2027-01-25
• Outcome: City Council voted 7-1 to add Chapter 878, a 182-day moratorium on data center building permits and enabling zoning amendments

Lenox Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-02
• Normalized date: 2026-02-02 (exact)
• Duration: 4 months, with option for one additional 4-month extension
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-lenox-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board motion adopted at the February 2, 2026 regular meeting (moved by Trustee Marino, supported by Trustee Rosseel; all ayes); continued/extended by a further Board motion at the May 4, 2026 meeting (4-1 roll call vote). No resolution or ordinance number was assigned to either motion, per official township minutes.
• What prompted it: Need time for zoning and infrastructure review while avoiding exclusionary-zoning risk
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Extended by Board motion on 2026-05-04 (4-1 roll call vote); moratorium continues pending a Planning Commission-drafted ordinance, with a new term running through approximately 2026-10-02.
• Outcome: Ongoing ordinance and planning review with public process

Lincoln Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-09 (all six members present voted yes)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-09 (exact)
• Duration: Ten months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lincoln-township-2026
• Legal basis: Data center moratorium ordinance, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Adopted while a Planning Commission subgroup studied data center regulation
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Township Board adopted a ten-month data center moratorium, all six members present voting yes

Lodi Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-02-03
• Normalized date: 2026-02-03 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lodi-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 2026-001 and Resolution No. 2026-007
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance did not address data centers; nearby proposals created pressure to study standards
• Affected projects: No data center applications accepted or considered during moratorium; appeal process available
• Detailed status: Expired approximately 2026-08-02 at the end of the documented 180-day term. The Township considered data-center zoning text during the term, but no adopted extension was located through 2026-08-19. [VERIFY: post-expiry action not located]
• Outcome: Board referred zoning amendments to consultants and Planning Commission

Lowell Township (proposed)

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: Not enacted as of 2026-04-29
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lowell-township-2026
• Legal basis: Proposed Ordinance 01-2026R [VERIFY: future event, second reading scheduled 2026-05-18; final adopted text not yet available]
• What prompted it: Microsoft proposal in Covenant Business Park; resident concerns about light, water, noise, and electricity rates
• Affected projects: Proposed Microsoft data center on Alden Nash Avenue near I-96
• Detailed status: Board voted 2-5 against the proposed moratorium on 2026-05-18; it was never adopted. The board separately formed a committee of trustees, planning commission members, and citizens to draft a future data center ordinance.
• Outcome: Moratorium proposal rejected 2-5 by the Township Board on 2026-05-18; a citizen/board/planning-commission committee was formed instead to work on a future data center ordinance. The Microsoft-proposed data center at Covenant Business Park was not paused by any moratorium.

Lyndon Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-12 (adopted); notice published 2026-05-20; effective 2026-05-27
• Normalized date: 2026-05-12 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months, or until regulations are adopted, whichever occurs first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lyndon-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 26-06, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on new data center development applications; no specific pending project identified in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; effective since 2026-05-27
• Outcome: Adopted; imposes a 12-month (or until-regulated) moratorium on new data center development applications

Lyon Charter Township (Oakland County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: May 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-05 (month_only)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lyon-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township-adopted moratorium on new data center applications; specific resolution/ordinance number not confirmed in this pass
• What prompted it: Rapid regional data center development pressure; enacted while the previously-approved 'Project Flex' hyperscale campus (~1.8 million sq ft) continues toward final approval
• Affected projects: Project Flex (~1.8 million-square-foot hyperscale data center campus), already approved and unaffected by the moratorium; applies to new/future data center applications
• Detailed status: Active as of late June 2026; does not apply to the already-approved Project Flex development, whose Planning Commission review was reported as continuing (scheduled for review as late as August 24, 2026 per one source)
• Outcome: New data center applications paused while the previously-approved Project Flex proceeds separately

Lyon Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: May 2026
• Normalized date: 2026-05 (month_only)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lyon-township-2026-2
• Legal basis: Township-adopted moratorium on new data center applications; specific resolution/ordinance number not confirmed in this pass
• What prompted it: Rapid regional data center development pressure; enacted while the previously-approved 'Project Flex' hyperscale campus (~1.8 million sq ft) continues toward final approval
• Affected projects: Project Flex (~1.8 million-square-foot hyperscale data center campus), already approved and unaffected by the moratorium; applies to new/future data center applications
• Detailed status: Active as of late June 2026; does not apply to the already-approved Project Flex development, whose Planning Commission review was reported as continuing (scheduled for review as late as August 24, 2026 per one source)
• Outcome: New data center applications paused while the previously-approved Project Flex proceeds separately

Manchester Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-10-14
• Normalized date: 2025-10-14 (exact)
• Duration: 2 years or until data center regulations are adopted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-manchester-township-2025
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 116, Ordinance Establishing Data Center Moratorium
• What prompted it: Need for data center regulatory framework; concerns included water, energy, noise, siting, and public safety
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Pending permanent regulations

Mason

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-01-05
• Normalized date: 2026-01-05 (exact)
• Duration: 90 days, ending 2026-03-15 or upon adoption of Ordinance 266
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-mason-2026
• Legal basis: City Council moratorium resolution; 4-2 vote
• What prompted it: Need to create new Technology Innovation (M-3) zoning district
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Moratorium superseded by Ordinance 266 (M-3 Technology Innovation district). Ordinance 266 was subsequently suspended by citizen petition and then repealed 4-2 by City Council (Fox47 News coverage in research/_web/fox47news-com-news-state-mason-city-council-votes-to-repeal-data-center-ordinanc.md). City has reverted to underlying state M2 industrial regulations.
• Outcome: New M-3 Technology Innovation zoning district was adopted then repealed; no replacement ordinance in effect as of 2026-04-29

Mason Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-02 (special meeting, 5-0 roll-call vote); effective 2026-06-08
• Normalized date: 2026-05-02 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the 2026-06-08 effective date unless terminated earlier; the board may extend it
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-mason-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 2026-01, adopted at a special meeting by 5-0 roll-call vote, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on accepting or processing applications and issuing permits or approvals for data centers; no specific pending project identified in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; moratorium began running 2026-06-08 and is due to run through approximately 2027-06-08 unless terminated or extended earlier
• Outcome: Adopted 5-0 at a special meeting; bars the township from accepting/processing data center applications and issuing related permits or approvals

Meridian Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-19
• Normalized date: 2026-05-19 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-meridian-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees resolution, unanimous vote; specific resolution number not confirmed in this pass
• What prompted it: Desire for a regulatory framework in place before data center proposals arrive
• Affected projects: None specified
• Detailed status: Active as of late May 2026
• Outcome: Unanimous adoption of a temporary pause on data center approvals pending zoning framework

Northville

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-07
• Normalized date: 2026-01-07 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-northville-2026
• Legal basis: City Council moratorium ordinance; number not identified [CITE]
• What prompted it: Preemptive action before any proposals emerged; city wanted time to respond to regional activity
• Affected projects: None identified at enactment
• Detailed status: Active through approximately January 2027
• Outcome: Zoning review period

Orion Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-15 (7-0 vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-15 (exact)
• Duration: Six months, with the board able to extend the pause
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-orion-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board resolution establishing a data center moratorium, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Adopted while the Planning Commission and planning staff research zoning amendments
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Township Board voted 7-0 to establish a six-month moratorium on establishment, permitting, approval, construction, and installation of data centers

Other Reported Local Moratoria

• Type: Aggregate meta-row
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: —
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: —
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-other-reported-local-moratoria-undated
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: —
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: —
• Outcome: —

Park Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-13
• Normalized date: 2026-05-13 (exact)
• Duration: Not reproduced in the minutes; an attorney's estimate during the meeting put the term at roughly 1 to 1.5 years, but the ordinance's operative duration text was not located
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-park-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 26-02, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Adopted after a public comment requesting action; officials said there had been no data center inquiry in the township
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Reported active as of the 2026-05-13 board meeting; exact duration and thus exact end date unconfirmed as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board approved Ordinance 26-02, a temporary data center moratorium

Parma Township (Jackson County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-18, Parma Township Board adopted Data Center Moratorium No. 2026-3; notice published 2026-02-27.
• Normalized date: 2026-02-18 (exact)
• Duration: One year from adoption, to allow the Township to study and potentially adopt data-center regulations.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-parma-township-jackson-county-2026
• Legal basis: Data Center Moratorium No. 2026-3, Parma Township Board
• What prompted it: Township needed time to study and potentially adopt regulations governing data centers.
• Affected projects: All data centers in Parma Township; no project-specific exception is stated in the published notice.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-08-19. The Township's adopted one-year moratorium bars permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction, review, and installation of data centers while it studies regulations.
• Outcome: One-year study moratorium adopted.

Pine Grove Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-03
• Normalized date: 2026-06-03 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from the effective date, or until the township adopts a regulatory ordinance, whichever occurs first; extension permitted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-pine-grove-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 06-03-2026, a police-power moratorium
• What prompted it: Proactive pause barring applications, permits, licenses, approvals, and construction for data center systems
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Adopted a police-power moratorium (Ordinance 06-03-2026)

Pittsfield Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-11-20
• Normalized date: 2025-11-20 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-pittsfield-township-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution #25-30 (adopted 2025-11-20), extended by Resolution #26-11 (adopted 2026-05-13)
• What prompted it: Preemptive zoning update before any application; concern about regional data center growth and resident impacts
• Affected projects: None identified in township at enactment
• Detailed status: Extended by Resolution #26-11 (adopted 2026-05-13) for a further 180 days; now runs through approximately 2026-11-15. Planning Commission began formal review of a draft ordinance on 2026-06-18.
• Outcome: Public hearings and ordinance drafting planned

Pontiac

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-01-21
• Normalized date: 2026-01-21 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, may be extended
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-pontiac-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved unanimously [CITE]
• What prompted it: Mayor reported inquiries; existing zoning insufficient to address public health, utility, and infrastructure effects
• Affected projects: None specified
• Detailed status: Expired approximately 2026-07-20 at the end of the documented six-month term. No adopted extension was located through 2026-08-19. [VERIFY: post-expiry Council action not located]
• Outcome: City reviewing potential issues and proposing zoning ordinance

Porter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-12 (adopted, board vote described as unanimous); effective 2026-05-20
• Normalized date: 2026-05-12 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months, or until township regulation is completed, whichever occurs first; extension permitted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-porter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Data Center Nonzoning Ordinance, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006) and township police power
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on data center applications; no specific pending project identified in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; effective since 2026-05-20
• Outcome: Adopted (reported unanimous); imposes a 12-month (or until-regulated) moratorium

Saginaw

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-12
• Normalized date: 2026-01-12 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-saginaw-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved 9-0; [VERIFY: resolution number not posted in Saginaw CivicEngage agenda center as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Preemptive policy development and concern about infrastructure and water-system impacts
• Affected projects: No local applications identified at enactment
• Detailed status: Extended by a 6-3 council vote (~2026-04-28); planning-commission action on a permanent ordinance was pushed to 2026-07-28. Status after that date is not confirmed as of 2026-07-31.
• Outcome: City staff directed to develop regulations and conduct stakeholder process

Saline City

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-12
• Normalized date: 2026-01-12 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-saline-city-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved unanimously [CITE]
• What prompted it: Data centers not addressed in current zoning ordinance; separate from Saline Township project
• Affected projects: None in city; nearby Saline Township has the Oracle/OpenAI project
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Planning Commission directed to study and present recommendations

Saline Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-10
• Normalized date: 2026-06-10 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-saline-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board-approved moratorium on industrial development (ordinance/resolution number not located)
• What prompted it: Adopted while the township revises its zoning rules for industrial development generally; the township clerk said the action did not affect the already-permitted 'The Barn' data center project, which remained under construction and permit oversight
• Affected projects: Explicitly does not affect the already-permitted 'The Barn' data center project, per the township clerk
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board approved a one-year moratorium on industrial development while revising zoning rules

Saugatuck Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: February 2026 [VERIFY: exact adoption date not located; Saugatuck Township website (saugatucktownship.org / twp.saugatuck.mi.us) was unreachable from the fetch_url Playwright stack on 2026-04-29]
• Normalized date: 2026-02 (unverified)
• Duration: [VERIFY: not located in primary or secondary sources accessible as of 2026-04-29]
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-saugatuck-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township board moratorium resolution referenced in MLive aggregate tally [VERIFY: resolution/ordinance text not retrieved from township site as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Data center development concerns in Allegan County
• Affected projects: Not specified [VERIFY: no affected-project information identified]
• Detailed status: Reported active in MLive 51-jurisdiction tally [VERIFY: no current confirmation from primary township source as of 2026-04-29]
• Outcome: Pending; Saugatuck Township Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for August 18, 2026 to consider amending the Table of Uses (Section 4.30) and adding a new Section 8.370 to the Zoning Ordinance regulating battery storage, digital mining, and small-, medium-, and hyperscale data center uses as special land uses in the I-1 district

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians

• Type: Tribal
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-07
• Normalized date: 2026-04-07 (exact)
• Duration: Indefinite until lifted by future board resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-sault-ste-marie-tribe-of-chippewa-indian-2026
• Legal basis: Tribal Board resolution titled "Establishing a Moratorium Prohibiting the Development, Approval, or Operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centers on Tribal Lands" — sponsored by Directors Bridget Sorenson and Kimberly Hampton, adopted unanimously 2026-04-07 (Sault Tribe Board of Directors agenda packet at research/_web/sault-tribe-2026-04-07-bod-packet-ai-data-center-moratorium.md; Michigan Advance 2026-04-10 coverage) [VERIFY: final assigned resolution number was left blank in the agenda packet and has not been published on saulttribe.com as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Community concern about resource strain, land-use impacts, transparency, tribal trust land, and long-term economic value
• Affected projects: Conflicting accounts; reporting cites removed strategic-plan references to a possible M-28 data center concept with Innova Capital Partners
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Lifting would require tribal impact assessment, environmental and cultural resource evaluations, infrastructure and energy capacity analysis, and community consultation

Sherman Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-09 (5-0 vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-09 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the effective date, or until a zoning ordinance is adopted, whichever occurs first; the board may extend up to 12 additional months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-sherman-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution and Ordinance 2026-0609DC, a police-power moratorium
• What prompted it: Proactive pause barring applications, permits, licenses, approvals, and construction for data center systems
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Township Board adopted Resolution and Ordinance 2026-0609DC by 5-0 vote

South Lyon

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: February 10, 2026 (per WKAR News statewide tracker; no South Lyon primary source located)
• Normalized date: — (range)
• Duration: 12 months (per WKAR News statewide tracker; not independently confirmed against a city ordinance/resolution)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-south-lyon-undated
• Legal basis: City moratorium action [VERIFY]
• What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan [VERIFY]
• Affected projects: Not specified [VERIFY]
• Detailed status: Active [VERIFY]
• Outcome: Pending [VERIFY]

Springfield Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2025-12-11
• Normalized date: 2025-12-11 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-springfield-township-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 2025-11, Temporary Moratorium on Approval of Data Centers
• What prompted it: Township identified as unprepared for hyperscale proposals; need for standards before formal applications
• Affected projects: Pre-application interest in an approximately 84-acre site, with 2 to 3 buildings of about 250,000 square feet each
• Detailed status: Expired approximately 2026-06-09 at the end of the documented 180-day term. No adopted extension was located through 2026-08-19. [VERIFY: post-expiry Township action not located]
• Outcome: Draft framework discussed accessory/minor data centers by-right in some districts and enterprise or hyperscale facilities as special land use in I-2

Sterling Heights

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-04
• Normalized date: 2026-02-04 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-sterling-heights-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved unanimously [CITE]
• What prompted it: Spike in development requests across southeast Michigan; zoning written in 1978
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Study computing trends, infrastructure impacts, and noise limitations

Sylvan Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-01-22 (per WKAR Public Media Michigan data center tracker, 2026-02-27)
• Normalized date: 2026-01-22 (unverified)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-sylvan-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township moratorium [VERIFY: ordinance/resolution number not posted on Sylvan Township website as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Preemptive measure near Chelsea and Saline-area development activity
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Expired approximately 2026-07-21 at the end of the limited 180-day term, absent a documented earlier replacement ordinance or extension. [VERIFY: post-expiry Township action not located]
• Outcome: Zoning review

Taylor

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-20
• Normalized date: 2026-01-20 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months, from January 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. through January 20, 2027 at 11:59 p.m.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-taylor-undated
• Legal basis: Taylor City Council Resolution, CCR #1.42-26, adopted unanimously (7-0) at the January 20, 2026 regular meeting
• What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan [VERIFY]
• Affected projects: Not specified in the resolution itself
• Detailed status: Active; the 12-month term (through January 20, 2027) has not lapsed and no repeal was found
• Outcome: Pending; city officials have indicated they are reviewing the Master Plan and existing ordinances during the moratorium period

Texas Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-22 (7-0 vote); effective 2026-07-05
• Normalized date: 2026-06-22 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months, or a shorter period ending when new regulations take effect, whichever occurs first; extension of up to six months permitted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-texas-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 26-12, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Directs the Planning Commission to study and report on data center regulation; no specific pending project identified in the record reviewed
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31; took effect 2026-07-05
• Outcome: Township Board unanimously adopted Resolution 26-12 (7-0), barring permits, licenses, and approvals for data centers for 12 months or until new regulations are adopted

Tyrone Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-12-02
• Normalized date: 2025-12-02 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, with possible 6-month extension
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-tyrone-township-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution #251203 (original, adopted 2025-12-02); renewed/extended by Resolution #260502 (adopted 2026-05-19, unanimous 7-0 roll call)
• What prompted it: Need for regulatory framework for data center facilities
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Extended/renewed by Resolution #260502 (adopted 2026-05-19); moratorium now runs nine months from that date (through approximately 2027-02-19), or until zoning amendments take effect, whichever occurs first, with a possible further 6-month extension.
• Outcome: Pending permanent regulations

Village of Romeo

• Type: Village
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-26
• Normalized date: 2026-01-26 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-romeo-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 26-013, adopted unanimously by the Village Board of Trustees (motion by Trustee Parker, supported by Trustee Fowler)
• What prompted it: Prologis 312-acre data center proposal in adjacent Washington Township
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active [VERIFY: no current status update from primary village source as of 2026-04-29]
• Outcome: Pending development of permanent regulations [VERIFY: no draft regulations posted on village website as of 2026-04-29]

Washington Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-20
• Normalized date: 2026-05-20 (exact)
• Duration: Six months, or until related zoning amendments take effect, whichever occurs first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-washington-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-14, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Followed Prologis's withdrawal (2026-05-19) of its rezoning application for a proposed 312-acre technical campus south of 32 Mile Road; Prologis's attorney had written the company would likely wait for the township's data center ordinance
• Affected projects: Prologis proposed technical campus (312 acres south of 32 Mile Road) - application withdrawn 2026-05-19, one day before adoption
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31 [VERIFY details not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-07 refresh]
• Outcome: Board passed Resolution 2026-14; six-month pause on acceptance and review of data center applications

Waterford Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-23
• Normalized date: 2026-03-23 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, extendable
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-waterford-township-2026
• Legal basis: Zoning Ordinance 2026-Z-003 and companion Resolution Establishing a Moratorium on the Approval of New Data Centers
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance predates large-scale data centers and lacks standards for siting, buffering, noise, utility impacts, water use, fuel storage, building scale, and compatibility
• Affected projects: No specific project identified in minutes
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: Township staff and Planning Commission directed to study impacts and draft zoning and code amendments

Watertown Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-18 (7-0 vote), immediate effect
• Normalized date: 2026-05-18 (exact)
• Duration: One year, imposed immediately upon adoption
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-watertown-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 5-18-2026-1, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause on accepting, hearing, reviewing, or processing applications for construction or operation of data centers
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-07-31
• Outcome: Adopted 7-0; immediately imposed a one-year moratorium

York Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-10 (Ordinance No. 167 adopted after February first reading)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-10 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, with possible 6-month extension
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-york-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board moratorium language under consideration; [VERIFY: final ordinance/resolution number not posted on township site as of 2026-04-29]
• What prompted it: Potential hyperscale proposal on Toyota-owned land and zoning-defensibility concerns
• Affected projects: Potential 412-acre project tied to Sansone Group
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-08-19. Ordinance No. 167 was adopted on 2026-03-10 after the February first reading; its six-month term runs to approximately 2026-09-06 unless replaced or extended.
• Outcome: Consultant study and zoning work pending

Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority

• Type: Utility-authority
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-22
• Normalized date: 2026-04-22 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-ypsilanti-community-utilities-authority-2026
• Legal basis: YCUA board moratorium on supplying water to data centers; Ypsilanti Township Resolution No. 2026-08 requested the action
• What prompted it: Concerns that hyperscale data centers could commit water and sewer capacity before financial, infrastructure, and environmental reviews were complete
• Affected projects: No hyperscale data center operating in YCUA service area; proposals reported in Washtenaw County, including a University of Michigan/Los Alamos/DTE computing facility on Textile Road
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
• Outcome: YCUA to conduct further studies before considering service commitments

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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