Michigan local moratoria

Every local infrastructure moratorium in the inventory for Michigan, current through September 23, 2026.

145 instruments — 131 in force, 4 pending, 10 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

Allen Park

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-09 (City Council adopted an emergency ordinance)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-09 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-allen-park-2026
• Legal basis: Emergency ordinance imposing a six-month moratorium on data centers (number not located)
• What prompted it: Solstice Data's proposed 26 MW data center at 7500 Enterprise Drive (site plan denied by the Planning Commission on 2026-06-04); noise, diesel generator emissions, water and power concerns
• Affected projects: Solstice Data 26 MW edge data center, 7500 Enterprise Drive (preliminary site plan denied 2026-06-04)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the six-month emergency moratorium adopted 2026-06-09 runs to about early December 2026.
• Outcome: Council also tightened the noise-control ordinance

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

Ann Arbor Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-16 (Board of Trustees vote at Monday-night meeting, per WEMU 2026-02-17)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-16 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-ann-arbor-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees 12-month data center moratorium (instrument number not located; township agenda PDF linked by WEMU now returns 404)
• What prompted it: Proactive; no developer approach. Concern over water resources and electrical power seen in neighboring Washtenaw communities
• Affected projects: None; no developer had approached the township
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 12-month moratorium adopted 2026-02-16 runs to approximately 2027-02-16. No later action located. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Subcommittee created to study data centers and review master plan, zoning and police-power ordinances; report expected in about nine months

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

Blendon Township (Ottawa County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-15 (Township Board approved Resolution 2026-06.1, 5-0, with the moratorium made effective June 1, 2026)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-15 (exact)
• Duration: One year effective June 1, 2026, with the option to extend if needed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-blendon-township-ottawa-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-06.1, 'to Enact a Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers' (adopted 2026-06-15)
• What prompted it: Precautionary review of zoning for data centers; no data center proposed; the township was concurrently dealing with a contested 100 MW battery storage application
• Affected projects: None identified (a separate 100 MW battery storage application off 88th Avenue near Polk Street is not covered)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year data center moratorium under Resolution 2026-06.1 (adopted 2026-06-15, effective 2026-06-01) runs to 2027-06-01 unless extended.
• Outcome: Planner expects about six months to develop a draft data center ordinance

Bowne Township (Kent County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-23 (Township Board voted for a 12-month moratorium; formal language to be drafted and approved at a later meeting, per the Lowell Ledger)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-23 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-bowne-township-kent-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board vote on a 12-month data center moratorium (2026-02-23); formal instrument and number not located
• What prompted it: Nearby Microsoft data center proposals (Lowell and Gaines townships) and inquiries to the township; no proposal pending
• Affected projects: None pending
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 (presumed); 12-month data center moratorium voted 2026-02-23 would run to about February 2027; formal adopting instrument not located. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Township to study zoning for data centers

Brandon Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-05-04 (Resolution #424-26, 6-0 roll call; Blair absent); extended 180 days by unanimous board vote at the regular meeting on the Monday before 2026-09-19 (about 2026-09-14)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-04 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days from the resolution's effective date, with one reserved 180-day extension, which was exercised in September 2026
• Current end date: 2027-04-29
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-brandon-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution #424-26, Resolution Declaring Temporary Moratorium on the Acceptance of Applications and Site Plan Review for Establishment of Data Centers in Brandon Township; September 2026 extension resolution (number not located)
• What prompted it: Data centers neither defined nor regulated in the zoning ordinance; the planning commission recommended a pause on 2026-04-14. Concerns include electricity, water, noise, air quality and utility costs.
• Affected projects: None; no data-center inquiries received
• Detailed status: Extended as of 2026-09-23; the board unanimously extended the moratorium for another 180 days in mid-September 2026, so it runs to about late April 2027 while the planning commission drafts a data-center ordinance. No exact end date was published.
• Outcome: Planning commission drafting a data-center ordinance

Bridgewater Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-05 (Board of Trustees; resolution tabled at February meeting and taken up as unfinished business March 5)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-05 (exact)
• Duration: One year from the date of the resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-bridgewater-township-2026
• Legal basis: Bridgewater Township Resolution Instituting a Temporary Moratorium on Approval of Data Centers (number not stated)
• What prompted it: Anticipated zoning revisions for data centers
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium from 2026-03-05 to about 2027-03-05.
• Outcome: Planning Commission studying zoning amendments

Brighton Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-21 (Board of Trustees adopted moratorium ordinance at regular meeting; WHMI 2026-09-22)
• Normalized date: 2026-09-21 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months following adoption, or until new data center regulations take effect, whichever first; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-brighton-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Brighton ordinance 'to Enact a Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers' (MTA model general ordinance, one-meeting adoption); ordinance number not shown in the agenda packet
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not specifically address data centers; Michigan Townships Association recommended members review ordinances; no project proposed
• Affected projects: None; township manager said no data center project is proposed
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; adopted 2026-09-21, runs six months (to about 2027-03-21) or until data center regulations take effect.
• Outcome: Township Board to study and possibly revise its ordinances during the moratorium

Bruce Township (Macomb County)

• 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: 2025-12 (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: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-04 (Board of Trustees approved the Resolution enacting a temporary moratorium on applications for Zoning and Building Review with respect to Data Centers and Digital Mining Uses by unanimous voice vote; applies retroactively to applications received since 2026-01-01)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-04 (exact)
• Duration: Initially about four months (to 2026-06-17 per the township manager's memo; the Board struck the 'lasting until Wednesday, June 17, 2026' wording at adoption); extended on 2026-06-03 until 2026-10-17. A further extension (Board resolution on the 2026-09-16 agenda; zoning-ordinance moratorium to 2027-02-17 heard by the Planning Commission on 2026-09-21) is pending.
• Current end date: 2026-10-17
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-caledonia-township-undated
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees resolution enacting a temporary moratorium on applications for Zoning and Building Review with respect to Data Centers and Digital Mining Uses (2026-02-04); extension resolution of 2026-06-03 (to 2026-10-17). No resolution numbers appear in the minutes or agendas. A proposed zoning amendment adding Section 23.11 (moratorium to 2027-02-17) was set for Planning Commission public hearing on 2026-09-21.
• 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: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23, running through 2026-10-17 under the June 3, 2026 extension. A further 'Resolution Extending The Temporary Moratorium' was on the Board's 2026-09-16 agenda (outcome not yet published) and the Planning Commission held a 2026-09-21 hearing on a zoning-ordinance moratorium lasting until 2027-02-17; a permanent Data Centers and Digital Mining zoning ordinance (Section 3.61) is in draft.
• Outcome: Board unanimously extended the moratorium through 2026-10-17; a second extension (to 2027-02-17 via zoning ordinance, and a Board resolution) was in process in September 2026 while a permanent data center and digital mining ordinance is drafted

Cascade Charter Township (Kent County)

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-03-11 (Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 002 of 2026 via Resolution 010-2026, 7-0, after introducing it 2026-02-25; notice of adoption published in the Grand Rapids Press 2026-03-17)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-11 (exact)
• Duration: Six months following the effective date (publication, 2026-03-17) or until data center zoning amendments take effect, whichever occurs first; extendable by resolution for up to six more months
• Current end date: 2026-09-17
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-cascade-charter-township-kent-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 002 of 2026, 'An Ordinance to Impose a Moratorium on the Issuance of Permits, Licenses or Approvals for Data Centers' (adopted by Resolution 010-2026, 2026-03-11; effective on publication 2026-03-17)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance lacks data center regulations; Microsoft data center proposals in nearby Lowell and Gaines townships; resident concerns about water (PFAS), energy, and noise
• Affected projects: None proposed in the township
• Detailed status: Expired 2026-09-17; Ordinance No. 002 of 2026 (data centers) ran its six-month term from publication on 2026-03-17 with no extension found. Its coverage is carried forward by the separate Resolution 024-2026 (data centers and cryptocurrency mining), adopted 2026-05-27 and active to about 2026-11-27.
• Outcome: Staff and a board subcommittee studying master plan and zoning amendments; findings expected before the moratorium ends

Cascade Charter Township (Kent County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-27 (Township Board unanimously adopted Resolution 024-2026, effective immediately upon adoption)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-27 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from the effective date (2026-05-27), unless terminated earlier; the Board may extend by resolution for up to six more months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-cascade-charter-township-kent-county-2026-2
• Legal basis: Resolution 024-2026, 'A Resolution Imposing a Six (6) Month Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities' (adopted 2026-05-27 under the township's zoning moratorium procedure)
• What prompted it: Increasing interest in data centers and cryptocurrency mining; zoning ordinance does not regulate them as distinct uses; resident concerns over PFAS-contaminated water, energy, noise and infrastructure; Microsoft proposals in nearby townships.
• Affected projects: None proposed in the township.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Resolution 024-2026 (adopted and effective 2026-05-27) runs six months to about 2026-11-27, extendable by up to six months. It succeeded Ordinance No. 002 of 2026 (data centers only), which expired 2026-09-17.
• Outcome: Staff and a board subcommittee studying master plan and zoning amendments, to report before the moratorium ends.

Casco Township (Allegan County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-20 (Township Board resolution adopted 5-0)
• Normalized date: 2026-04-20 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months (per 2026-04-20 board minutes; the end date on the posted resolution scan is handwritten and illegible)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: battery storage, solar, data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-casco-township-allegan-county-2026
• Legal basis: Casco Township Board Resolution to Establish a Moratorium on the Issuance of Zoning Permits for Battery Energy Storage Systems, Solar Energy Farms, and Data Centers (adopted 2026-04-20; resolution number illegible in the posted scan)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not address BESS, solar farms or data centers; PA 233 shift of siting authority; desire to preserve agricultural land
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the Township Board adopted the six-month moratorium resolution 5-0 on 2026-04-20, so it runs to about 2026-10-20 unless extended; the Planning Commission was still drafting solar/wind/battery rules during the moratorium period in July 2026.
• Outcome: Planning Commission reviewing solar, wind and battery storage ordinance language and a possible CREO

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

Chikaming Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-16 (Ordinances 167 and 168 adopted; the Board had approved a one-year moratorium unanimously on 2026-05-14)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-16 (exact)
• Duration: One year following adoption, or until data center ordinance/zoning amendments take effect, whichever first; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-chikaming-township-2026
• Legal basis: Chikaming Township (Berrien County) Ordinance 167 (Moratorium Data Center, police-power) and Ordinance 168 (Moratorium Data Center - Zoning, under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act), both adopted 2026-06-16
• What prompted it: Public health, safety and welfare concerns about data centers; time for Planning Commission to study and draft zoning amendments
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinances 167 and 168 (adopted 2026-06-16) pause acceptance and processing of data center applications for one year, to about 2027-06-16, or until new data center regulations take effect.
• Outcome: Planning Commission directed to study data centers and recommend zoning amendments

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

City of Lapeer

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-20 (City Commission unanimous)
• Normalized date: 2026-04-20 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from effective date, or upon further action; renewable
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-city-of-lapeer-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution # 2026-05, Data Center Moratorium
• What prompted it: Staff need to catch up on law and zoning for data centers; cost-sharing concerns about utilities
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 12-month moratorium adopted 2026-04-20 runs to about 2027-04-20.
• Outcome: Planning Commission and staff directed to recommend zoning regulations permitting data centers with protections

Clark Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2025-06-24
• Normalized date: 2025-06-24 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: 2026-06-30
• 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 2026-06-30 without extension. On 2026-07-15 the Township Board adopted a 30-page data center regulatory ordinance (approved by the Planning Commission 2026-07-14) that restricts placement and operation of AI and cryptocurrency data centers rather than banning them; it was passed immediately because the moratorium had lapsed.
• Outcome: Moratorium lapsed 2026-06-30; permanent data center regulations (not a ban) adopted by the Township Board 2026-07-15, pending legal review by the temporary township attorney

Colfax Township (Huron County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-18 (Board of Trustees resolution)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-18 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-colfax-township-huron-county-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees moratorium resolution (number not located)
• What prompted it: Township lacks data center regulations; master plan update with Spicer Group underway
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 per the report located; one-year term from 2026-03-18. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Master plan and data center regulations in development

Comstock Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-16 (Ordinance No. 565 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-16 (exact)
• Duration: One year following adoption, or until new data center regulations take effect; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-comstock-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Comstock Ordinance No. 565, temporary moratorium on data centers (PA 359 of 1947)
• What prompted it: Public health, safety, and welfare concerns raised about data centers; time to study regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 565 runs one year from 2026-03-16 adoption unless regulations take effect sooner.
• Outcome: Township studying data center regulations

Comstock Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-16 (Ordinance No. 566 adopted; effective upon publication)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-16 (exact)
• Duration: One year following adoption, or until new solar/wind regulations take effect, whichever first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: solar, wind
• Moratorium ID: mi-comstock-charter-township-2026-2
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Comstock (Kalamazoo County) Ordinance No. 566, An Ordinance to Enact a Temporary Moratorium on Principal Use Solar and Wind Renewable Energy Facilities
• What prompted it: Township study of regulations for principal-use solar and wind facilities
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 566 (adopted 2026-03-16) pauses acceptance and processing of applications for principal-use solar and wind facilities for one year, to about 2027-03-16.
• Outcome: Township studying solar and wind regulations

Dearborn

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-22 (City Council unanimous final vote; first reading 2026-09-08; Planning Commission recommended approval after the 2026-08-10 hearing)
• Normalized date: 2026-09-22 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months; expected to take effect in October 2026 and run through the end of March 2027
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dearborn-2026
• Legal basis: Zoning ordinance amendment establishing a temporary moratorium and a data-center definition (ordinance number not located)
• What prompted it: Data processing may still be allowed in the General Industrial district without data-center-specific standards; regional data-center controversy
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the City Council gave final unanimous approval to a six-month data-center moratorium ordinance on 2026-09-22. It is expected to take effect in October 2026 and run through the end of March 2027.
• Outcome: Applications received during the moratorium go to the legal department, and applicants must reapply once permanent standards are adopted

Dearborn Heights

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-24 (City Council resolution introduced by Councilman Tom Wencel, amended from 180 to 365 days)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-24 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dearborn-heights-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution (number not located)
• What prompted it: Data centers not addressed in city ordinances; electricity, water, diesel generator and residential proximity concerns
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the 365-day moratorium adopted 2026-02-24 runs to about 2027-02-24. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Zoning update expected to require planning commission review and public hearings

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: 2027-07-21
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-delta-county-2026
• Legal basis: Delta County Board of Commissioners 'Resolution for a Moratorium on Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Mining Construction in Delta County', adopted 2026-07-21 by 5-0 roll call (moved van Ginhoven, seconded Williams) on the Planning Commission's 2026-07-06 recommendation; no resolution number appears in the Board minutes or packet
• 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 2026-09-23; the 12-month moratorium adopted 2026-07-21 runs to about 2027-07-21. The Planning Commission's 2026-08-31 agenda carried a Data Center Subcommittee update and the signed Board resolution as correspondence; no amendment or repeal was found on Board agendas through 2026-09-15.
• 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: Still not adopted as of 2026-09-23. The City Council's 2026-03-17 resolution (6-2) asked Mayor Mary Sheffield to impose a two-year data center moratorium; the mayor has not acted on it (spokesman, July 1). A July 15, 2026 letter from environmental justice groups, U.S. Rep. Tlaib, Sen. Chang and Council Member Santiago-Romero renewed the call, while the City Planning Commission drafts a data center ordinance that Council Member Scott Benson aims to have in place by the end of 2026.
• Outcome: No mayoral moratorium identified during this pass

Dexter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (Resolution #26-705, 7-0 roll call); extended 2026-07-21 by Resolution No. 26-711
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days, extended once by a further 180 days (Resolution 26-711, 2026-07-21)
• Current end date: 2027-02-12
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dexter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Dexter Township Resolution #26-705 (Resolution Adopting Data Center Application Moratorium) under Zoning Ordinance Section 31.15; extended by Resolution No. 26-711
• What prompted it: Surge of data-center inquiries in Washtenaw County; groundwater, electricity and farmland concerns; ongoing Master Plan review
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended and active as of 2026-09-23; original 180-day term (from 2026-02-17) was extended by Resolution No. 26-711 on 2026-07-21 for a further 180 days (to roughly mid-February 2027; exact end date not stated in the published notice).
• Outcome: Master Plan Review Committee evaluating ordinances; extension granted to complete data center regulations

Dorr Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-26 (Township Board adopted Ordinance 01-260 at its Thursday meeting after amending the term to 12 months)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-26 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dorr-township-2026
• Legal basis: Dorr Township Ordinance 01-260, temporary 12-month moratorium on new or expanded data centers
• What prompted it: Microsoft's land purchases for planned data centers; water, noise, rural character concerns
• Affected projects: Microsoft data center (Dorr 1) parcels
• Detailed status: Reported adopted in late February 2026 for 12 months; presumed active as of 2026-09-23 (no repeal found). [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning Commission to work on an ordinance amendment

Dryden Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-14 (Township Board unanimous; effective immediately)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-dryden-township-2026
• Legal basis: Police-powers moratorium on data centers dated 2026-07-14 (number not located)
• What prompted it: Study and regulation of data centers, following other Lapeer County governments
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year police-power moratorium effective 2026-07-14. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Board adopted one-year moratorium

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

Eagle Township (Clinton County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (Resolution 02-17-2026-06, 5-0; effective 2026-02-18)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from 2026-02-18 effective date, or until data center amendments to the Interim Zoning Ordinance take effect; may be extended up to 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-eagle-township-clinton-county-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 02-17-2026-06 under Interim Zoning Ordinance Section 6.01(F) (Moratorium by Resolution, added by Ordinance 01-2026)
• What prompted it: Study of data center uses and impacts; Planning Commission directed to submit findings and recommendations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; runs 12 months from 2026-02-18 (to about 2027-02-18) or until data center zoning amendments take effect.
• Outcome: Planning Commission studying data center uses

East Lansing

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-03-17 (City Council unanimous vote); extended 2026-08-11 (unanimous) to 2027-03-17
• Normalized date: 2026-03-17 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, extended by 6 months to 2027-03-17
• Current end date: 2027-03-17
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-east-lansing-2026
• Legal basis: City Council moratorium action of 2026-03-17 and extension of 2026-08-11 (instrument numbers not located)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not address data centers; staff workgroup drafting regulations (noise, water, wellhead protection, energy)
• Affected projects: None; several informal inquiries but no applications
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23 through 2027-03-17 after the council's unanimous 2026-08-11 extension; draft zoning language expected fall 2026.
• Outcome: Internal workgroup developing ordinance language for Planning Commission and Council

Ellington Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-14 (Township Board roll-call vote, unanimous)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: Not stated in the source reviewed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-ellington-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2026-07R
• What prompted it: Board directed Planning Commission to study data centers
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 per the only report located (adopted 2026-07-14); term not stated. [VERIFY primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning Commission directed to study data centers

Elmwood Township (Tuscola County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-18 (Township Board adopted an ordinance enacting a temporary data center moratorium by unanimous roll call, after tabling it on 2026-01-21; per draft minutes reported by Tuscola Today)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-18 (exact)
• Duration: Nine months (amended down from a proposed 12 months) under the original Feb. 18, 2026 ordinance; superseded before expiry by a fresh 12-month moratorium under Resolution No. 2026.06.17.A, adopted June 17, 2026, which also added cryptocurrency mining facilities to the covered uses
• Current end date: 2027-06-17
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-elmwood-township-tuscola-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township ordinance/resolution enacting a temporary nine-month moratorium on data centers, adopted 2026-02-18 (ordinance number not reported); superseded before its expiry by Resolution No. 2026.06.17.A, adopted 2026-06-17, imposing a fresh 12-month moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities, adopted alongside a reaffirmation of the Planning Commission's establishment under the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, to make the moratorium 'more legally defensible if challenged in court'
• What prompted it: Precautionary; no known data center plans; township sought time to regulate data centers (board also asked members about financial interests in AI or bitcoin operations)
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended as of 2026-09-23. The original nine-month data center moratorium ordinance (adopted 2026-02-18) was superseded, before its own term would have expired, by Resolution No. 2026.06.17.A, adopted 2026-06-17, imposing a fresh 12-month moratorium on data centers AND cryptocurrency mining facilities, running to approximately 2027-06-17. Township officials said the June resolution re-grounds the pause under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act to be 'more legally defensible if challenged in court.'
• Outcome: Township to develop data center regulations during the moratorium

Erie Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-10 (Ordinance No. 132 adopted 5-0; published 2026-02-16)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-10 (exact)
• Duration: One year from the effective date or until a data center zoning amendment takes effect
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-erie-township-2026
• Legal basis: Erie Township Ordinance No. 132, Limited Moratorium on the Development of Data Centers Ordinance (PA 246 of 1945)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance lacks data center provisions; energy, water and infrastructure demand of proposals in neighboring communities
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium under Ordinance No. 132 (effective date listed as 2026-03-16 on the ordinance, running to about 2027-03-16). Planning Commission reviewing a draft data center ordinance (September 15 draft).
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting a data center ordinance with Spicer Group

Fayette Township (Hillsdale County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Not confirmed adopted; Planning Commission recommended in July 2026, board adoption expected August 2026
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: One year (proposed)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: wind, battery storage, data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-fayette-township-hillsdale-county-undated
• Legal basis: Proposed township resolution/moratorium recommended by the Fayette Township Planning Commission
• What prompted it: Denial of Ranger Power's Heartwood II solar permit and PA 233 concerns; board direction to pause wind, battery and data center projects
• Affected projects: None identified for covered uses (solar excluded on counsel's advice)
• Detailed status: Pending as of 2026-09-23; Planning Commission recommended a one-year moratorium in July 2026 with board adoption expected in August; adoption not confirmed. [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Resolution sent to Hillsdale County Planning Commission for courtesy review

Fenton Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (Ordinance No. 867 adopted by the Township Board, 5-0 with Trustees Kesler and Clark absent, after a 2026-02-03 first reading; published and effective 2026-02-22)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months (effective 2026-02-22, to approximately 2027-02-22)
• Current end date: 2027-02-22
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-fenton-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Fenton Ordinance No. 867, interim zoning ordinance imposing a 12-month blanket prohibition on the establishment and use of data centers (introduced 2026-02-03, adopted 2026-02-17, effective 2026-02-22); violations are misdemeanors
• What prompted it: No data-center category in ordinance and resident concern over noise, power, and water
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 867, adopted 2026-02-17 and effective 2026-02-22, bars the establishment and use of data centers for 12 months (to about 2027-02-22) while the Planning Commission prepares permanent regulations. No repeal or permanent ordinance was found.
• Outcome: Ordinance No. 867 adopted; Planning Commission drafting permanent data center zoning regulations

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: 12 months (to late June 2027)
• Current end date: 2027-06-25
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-forsyth-township-2026
• Legal basis: Data Center and Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Resolution, adopted by the Township Board on 2026-06-25 by 5-0 roll call (agenda item 10j; motion Underwood, support Fowler); no resolution number recorded in the minutes
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23. The Board adopted the Data Center and Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Resolution on 2026-06-25 (5-0 roll call); it runs 12 months, to about 2027-06-25, while the zoning administrator drafts a data-center ordinance (town hall held 2026-08-19).
• Outcome: Township Board approved a data center moratorium at a crowded meeting

Freedom Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-10 (Ordinance No. 56 adopted; effective 2026-03-18). MLive separately reported a yearlong moratorium enacted in mid-January 2026.
• Normalized date: 2026-03-10 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days after effective date or until zoning amendments are adopted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-freedom-township-2026
• Legal basis: Freedom Township Ordinance No. 56, Data Center Moratorium (PA 246 of 1945)
• What prompted it: Flurry of data center activity nearby; ITC powerline corridor through township; grid, water, noise, emergency response and tax-base concerns
• Affected projects: None; no developer approach
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 56 effective 2026-03-18 for 365 days (to about 2027-03-18).
• Outcome: Planning Commission study and recommendations

Frenchtown Charter Township (Monroe County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-28 (Township Board adopted Zoning Ordinance No. 300-19 on second reading, 7-0); the Board's 2026-03-10 resolution (7-0) set the hearing and made moratorium findings; Planning Commission hearing 2026-04-01
• Normalized date: 2026-04-28 (exact)
• Duration: Six months (the maximum allowed by Zoning Ordinance No. 300, Section 7.13, per the township attorney), with the right to extend
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, general
• Moratorium ID: mi-frenchtown-charter-township-monroe-county-2026
• Legal basis: Zoning Ordinance No. 300-19, interim/temporary zoning ordinance amendment establishing a temporary moratorium as to Technology Uses, Data Center Uses and Other High Resource Demand Uses (adopted 2026-04-28), under Zoning Ordinance No. 300 Section 7.13 and the Board's 2026-03-10 resolution
• What prompted it: Data center proposed in the township (golf course property at 1500 N. Dixie Hwy discussed); concern over electricity, water and natural-resource demand
• Affected projects: Data center interest in the township (1500 N. Dixie Hwy former golf course property raised by residents); no application pending per planning consultant
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 (presumed); six-month moratorium under Zoning Ordinance No. 300-19 adopted 2026-04-28 runs to roughly late October/November 2026 depending on its post-publication effective date; no extension or permanent ordinance found.
• Outcome: Township drafting data center ordinance

Garfield Charter Township (Grand Traverse County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-25 (unanimous Township Board vote; resolution effective the same day)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-25 (exact)
• Duration: Twelve months from the effective date of August 25, 2026, unless terminated earlier; may be extended by resolution for up to an additional six months
• Current end date: 2027-08-25
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-garfield-charter-township-grand-traverse-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board Resolution for Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers and Cryptocurrency Mining Facilities (adopted 2026-08-25; resolution number not published), the first issued under the township's newly adopted moratorium-process policy
• What prompted it: Proposed small-scale data center by Cervenka Development Partners on Sybrandt Road; outdated zoning definition of data centers; resident concern over water, energy, noise, and infrastructure
• Affected projects: Cervenka Development Partners small-scale data center proposal, Sybrandt Road near the Sara Lee plant (incomplete site plan application placed on hold)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; twelve-month moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities effective 2026-08-25 runs to 2027-08-25 unless ended earlier, with a possible six-month extension.
• Outcome: Planning Commission to draft zoning amendments (updated definitions, limiting data centers to industrial zones, special use permit)

Genoa Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-02 (Resolution 260202A, unanimous Board vote); extended 2026-08-17 by Resolution 260817-B (unanimous)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-02 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months from effective date (effective on publication), plus one-time 6-month extension adopted 2026-08-17; ends earlier if data center zoning amendment takes effect; no further extension permitted
• Current end date: 2027-02-02
• Sectors: data center, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-genoa-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 260202A under Zoning Ordinance Section 21.06(.03); extended by Resolution No. 260817-B
• What prompted it: Data centers and cryptocurrency mining are high-intensity uses (continuous noise, low-frequency vibration, lighting, electricity and water demand) not addressed in the Zoning Ordinance; extension needed for township-wide acoustical baseline study
• Affected projects: None pending; South Latson PUD development agreement that lists data centers as allowable use is exempt
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution 260817-B (2026-08-17) extended the moratorium six months beyond the initial six-month period (to roughly February 2027) or until the data center zoning amendment takes effect; this is the only extension allowed.
• Outcome: Planning Commission reviewed draft data center ordinance (March-June 2026); Memtech Acoustics hired for noise standards

Gibraltar

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-09 (City Council Res. #26-072, carried unanimously; effective immediately)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-09 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months unless extended or terminated by council resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-gibraltar-2026
• Legal basis: City Council Resolution #26-072, Resolution Imposing a Temporary Moratorium for a period of twelve (12) months on data centers
• What prompted it: Raeden's proposed 100 MW data center at the former McLouth Steel site; no data-center-specific zoning standards
• Affected projects: Raeden 'Project Wall-I' 100 MW data center at the former McLouth Steel site (W. Jefferson Ave.)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Resolution #26-072 runs to about 2027-03-09. Raeden Acquisitions and CAL Realty sued the city in federal court (E.D. Mich., filed 2026-08-17), alleging the moratorium is unlawful.
• Outcome: McKenna retained on 2026-03-23 to draft data-center zoning amendments; federal lawsuit pending

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 2026-09-23. Township Supervisor Scott Bennett said in a township social-media update that the moratorium remains in place through January 2027 and that no data center proposals have been presented to the Township. [VERIFY: ordinance or resolution number not located on Grand Blanc Township website 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

Green Lake Township (Grand Traverse County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-12 (Township Board adopted a one-year police-power moratorium ordinance, 5-1; effective 2026-05-16 per the legal notice in the Record-Eagle)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-12 (exact)
• Duration: One year from the 2026-05-16 effective date; trustees may extend it if needed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, general
• Moratorium ID: mi-green-lake-township-grand-traverse-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 5122026.2, 'An Ordinance to Enact a Temporary Moratorium' (adopted 2026-05-12, effective 2026-05-16); a companion zoning-based moratorium ordinance (#ZOA 26-001, adopted 2026-06-09) was published but its text was not retrieved
• What prompted it: Concern about groundwater contamination and extraction, noise, and energy use; current zoning would have allowed data centers and large water users near residential areas; a crypto-mining installation had earlier been pitched
• Affected projects: None; no developer had approached the township
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium on data centers and industrial- or commercial-scale water extractors/users, effective 2026-05-16, runs to 2027-05-16 unless extended.
• Outcome: Planning Commission reviewing zoning rules for data centers and large water users

Groveland Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-09 (Board of Trustees voted 5-0)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-09 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-groveland-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board temporary moratorium (instrument number not located)
• What prompted it: Township approached several times about data centers; planning commission busy with master plan and renewable energy ordinances; water and electricity concerns
• Affected projects: None; township reports approaches but no applications
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the one-year moratorium adopted 2026-02-09 runs to about 2027-02-09 while the township drafts data-center regulations.
• Outcome: Township drafting data-center regulations

Gun Plain Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-06 (Ordinance No. 196 adopted at regular board meeting)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-06 (exact)
• Duration: Until December 21, 2026, or until BESS regulations take effect; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: 2026-12-21
• Sectors: battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-gun-plain-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Gun Plain Charter Township Ordinance No. 196, temporary moratorium on future BESS applications (preceded by Resolution 2026-9)
• What prompted it: Public health, safety, and welfare concerns about battery energy storage systems
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 196 bars new BESS applications through 2026-12-21.
• Outcome: Township studying BESS ordinance amendments

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 2026-09-23. WSJM (July 17, 2026) quotes Township Supervisor Izzy DiMaggio confirming the board adopted the one-year moratorium. A later Tri-City Record item (Aug. 30, 2026, paywalled) references an Aug. 10, 2026 board meeting in the same context but its teaser text alone was not sufficient to confirm whether Aug. 10 was a re-adoption, an update, or simply the meeting the recap article covered; the underlying adoption is treated as the July 2026 action already on file. [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: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-13 (Board of Trustees motion by Sauder, second by Whetstone, all in favor, approving a 6-month moratorium after a Planning Commission recommendation)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-13 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from 2026-07-13, effective immediately (to about mid-January 2027)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-haring-township-undated
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees motion adopted 2026-07-13 approving a 6-month moratorium on data center applications (no ordinance or resolution number recorded in the minutes)
• What prompted it: Would allow research and drafting of permanent rules
• Affected projects: —
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. The Board unanimously approved a six-month data center moratorium on 2026-07-13; the August 2026 zoning report states the 6-month moratorium is in effect while the township attorney drafts ordinance language.
• Outcome: Board adopted a six-month moratorium on data center applications; Planning Commission and township attorney (Mika Meyers PLC) drafting permanent data center standards

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 (Charlevoix County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-09 (Resolution 2092026A declared adopted at the February 9, 2026 Board meeting, 4-0 with Kuebler absent; signed 2026-02-10)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-09 (exact)
• Duration: Originally 180 days (Resolution 2092026A, 2026-02-09); amended by Resolution 03092026B (2026-03-09) to 360 days from the date of the original resolution (to approximately 2027-02-04), unless terminated earlier; further 30-day extensions allowed
• Current end date: 2027-02-04
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-hayes-township-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution 2092026A, To Impose a Temporary Moratorium on the Acceptance and/or Consideration of Any Application for Data Centers (adopted 2026-02-09), as amended by Resolution 03092026B (adopted 2026-03-09, 4-0) extending the term to 360 days and adding a hardship-hearing provision
• 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; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution 03092026B (2026-03-09) amended the original 180-day moratorium to 360 days from 2026-02-09, i.e. through approximately 2027-02-04; the Township's data center advisory group was still drafting materials in September 2026 and no zoning amendment has been adopted.
• Outcome: Board struck draft exemption language and planned further legal and zoning work

Hillsdale Township (Hillsdale County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-09 (Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 2026-06-02; effective 2026-07-02)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-09 (exact)
• Duration: One year from the 2026-07-02 effective date, or until zoning amendments for the use take effect, whichever occurs first; extendable by board resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, solar, wind, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-hillsdale-township-hillsdale-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 2026-06-02, Zoning Ordinance Amendment: Temporary Moratorium Authority, Data Center Temporary Moratorium and Temporary Large Renewable Energy Projects Moratorium (adopted 2026-06-09, effective 2026-07-02), under PA 246 of 1945 and PA 110 of 2006
• What prompted it: Public concerns about impacts of data centers and large renewable energy projects on health, safety, welfare and land uses
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium on applications for data centers and large renewable energy projects (solar and storage 50 MW+, wind 100 MW+, hybrids 50 MW+) effective 2026-07-02 runs to 2027-07-02 unless zoning amendments take effect sooner or it is extended.
• Outcome: Township to draft zoning amendments for data centers and each type of large renewable energy project

Holly Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-18 (Board of Trustees approved 7-0); extended 2026-07-15 by 5-0 resolution through 2027-02-15
• Normalized date: 2026-02-18 (exact)
• Duration: Original term not stated in the source reviewed; extended through 2027-02-15
• Current end date: 2027-02-15
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-holly-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board moratorium (2026-02-18) and resolution extending it (2026-07-15); instrument numbers not located
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance over 20 years old; township drafting data-center rules on water use, noise and lighting
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended as of 2026-09-23; a 2026-07-15 resolution continued the moratorium through 2027-02-15 while the planning commission prepares data-center regulations (hearing date not set). [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning commission to hold a public hearing on draft data-center regulations

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 2026-09-23. myupnow.com (July 29, 2026) confirms Houghton was the first Houghton County community to adopt a data-center moratorium and that the Planning Commission is drafting an ordinance in collaboration with Hancock and Portage Township; no repeal or amendment found. [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

Howard Charter Township (Cass County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟡 Pending
• Date enacted: Not confirmed; Resolution 2026-10 (data center moratorium) on the 2026-05-19 Board agenda, non-zoning Ordinance 237 on the 2026-06-16 and 2026-08-18 agendas, and zoning moratorium Ordinance 238 on the 2026-08-18 agenda; outcomes not located
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Proposed one year from effective date or until new data center/BESS regulations take effect
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-howard-charter-township-cass-county-undated
• Legal basis: Proposed Resolution 2026-10; proposed Ordinance No. 237 (non-zoning temporary moratorium on data centers and battery energy storage systems); proposed Ordinance No. 238 (zoning ordinance amendment adding Chapter 22 temporary moratorium on data centers)
• What prompted it: No data center use in zoning ordinance; desire to study health, safety and welfare impacts and avoid exclusionary-zoning claims
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Pending as of 2026-09-23; moratorium instruments were placed for Board votes on 2026-05-19, 2026-06-16 and 2026-08-18, but adoption outcomes were not found in published materials. [VERIFY adoption date not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Board votes scheduled; outcome unverified

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: Huron County Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment ZA 2026-02 (adding Article XV, Section 15.02.13, 'Data Center Moratorium'). The Planning Commission's April 1, 2026 public hearing expanded the originally proposed 6-month draft to a 3-year (36-month) term, and the Board of Commissioners adopted the 36-month version by a 4-2 vote (Commissioner Vaughan abstaining) on May 27, 2026 under the same ZA 2026-02 designation.
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23. The 36-month moratorium (ZA 2026-02), adopted 4-2 on May 27, 2026, remains in force; an Aug. 2026 legal-context article (shorelinemedia.net) independently describes it as a three-year moratorium 'approved in May,' and no repeal or replacement was found through Sept. 23, 2026.
• 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

Huron County (solar and battery storage)

• Type: County
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-05-12 (Board of Commissioners, unanimous); extended 2026-08-11 (30 days, 6-1), ~2026-09-08 (14 days, unanimous) and 2026-09-22 (to 2026-12-29, 6-1)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-12 (exact)
• Duration: 3 months, extended three times; now through 2026-12-29
• Current end date: 2026-12-29
• Sectors: solar, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-huron-county-solar-and-battery-storage-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Commissioners resolution imposing a 3-month moratorium on special use permits for Utility Scale Solar Energy Facilities and Battery Energy Storage Systems (May 12, 2026 agenda, Legislative item 2); extension resolutions of 2026-08-11, early September 2026 and 2026-09-22
• What prompted it: Planning commission needs time to recommend additional standards for the county solar and battery zoning ordinance (setbacks, acreage cap, host agreement, decommissioning)
• Affected projects: Ranger Power 150 MW Pinesap Solar (Rubicon Township); counsel advised its pre-moratorium application is governed by the current ordinance
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. On 2026-09-22 the Board of Commissioners extended the moratorium a third time, to 2026-12-29, while the solar and battery ordinance amendments go to public hearing.
• Outcome: Planning commission completed review of ordinance amendments 2026-09-16; draft to commission 2026-10-07, public hearing expected November

Independence Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-21 (Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-21 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-independence-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board resolution adopted 2026-07-21 (number not located)
• What prompted it: Township unprepared to regulate a data center; the supervisor cited nearby Springfield Township approaches and an MTA training session
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the six-month moratorium adopted 2026-07-21 runs to about 2027-01-21 while the planning commission reviews zoning standards. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning commission and consultants directed to develop data-center standards

Kalamazoo

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-17 (City Commission resolution adopted 7-0); zoning-ordinance version had first reading 2026-09-21, second reading/public hearing set for 2026-10-05
• Normalized date: 2026-08-17 (exact)
• Duration: One year, through 2027-08-16, or until new ordinances are adopted; extendable
• Current end date: 2027-08-16
• Sectors: data center, battery storage, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-kalamazoo-2026
• Legal basis: City Commission resolution establishing a moratorium on the acceptance and/or processing of applications for Data Centers, Battery Energy Storage Systems, Cryptocurrency Mining Centers, and AI Data Centers (Aug. 17, 2026 agenda item); companion zoning ordinance amendment pending
• What prompted it: Harbor Farmz announced intent to sell its 2839 Full Circle Drive property to a data center developer; concerns about noise, water use, fire risk from lithium-ion batteries and utility strain
• Affected projects: Harbor Farmz site, 2839 Full Circle Drive (potential 1-15 MW data center sale); commission denied an exemption
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; resolution moratorium runs through 2027-08-16. The City Commission gave first reading on 2026-09-21 to a zoning ordinance amendment embedding the moratorium; public hearing and second reading are scheduled for 2026-10-05, which staff say would restart a one-year clock.
• Outcome: Planning staff to convene a working group and draft zoning standards

Kalamazoo Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-27 (Ordinance No. 647 adopted by unanimous roll call; first reading 2026-07-13)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-27 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from the effective date (publication), or until new data center regulations take effect; extendable
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-kalamazoo-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Kalamazoo Ordinance No. 647, moratorium on data centers
• What prompted it: Data centers not currently permitted in the township; proactive study given Michigan's attractiveness for data centers and pending state legislation
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 647 took effect on publication after the 2026-07-27 adoption and runs 12 months unless regulations are adopted earlier.
• Outcome: Planning Commission to study data centers as a land use

Kalamazoo Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-27 (Ordinance No. 646 adopted by unanimous roll call; introduced as No. 645 at first reading 2026-07-13)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-27 (exact)
• Duration: From effective date until amended/new BESS regulations take effect (packet text states no fixed term); extendable
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-kalamazoo-township-2026-2
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Kalamazoo Ordinance No. 646, temporary moratorium on battery energy storage facilities
• What prompted it: Public concern in other municipalities after PA 233 of 2023; pending litigation against the MPSC over PA 233 implementation; infrastructure capacity
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 646 took effect on publication after 2026-07-27 adoption and runs until BESS regulations are adopted.
• Outcome: Planning Commission to study BESS and consider ordinance amendments

Lake Township (Huron County)

• 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 2026-09-23. The Planning Commission began drafting a permanent 'high resource demand facilities' ordinance at its Aug. 12, 2026 meeting (Chairman Bob Siver's draft, informed by Carlisle/Wortman recommendations); no formal action was taken and the six-month moratorium (through ~January 2027) remains in effect. [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: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2026-02-02
• Normalized date: 2026-02-02 (exact)
• Duration: 4 months (2026-02-02 to 2026-06-02); the optional additional 4-month extension was not adopted
• Current end date: 2026-06-02
• Sectors: data center
• 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); at the May 4, 2026 meeting the Board voted 4-1 'to continue with the moratorium that is in place' and have the Planning Commission deliver the ordinance before the four-month moratorium ran out. 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: Expired 2026-06-02; the four-month moratorium lapsed after the Board took no action on extension requests at its 2026-06-01 meeting. The May 4, 2026 motion only continued the existing term. No new moratorium appears in Board minutes or agendas through the 2026-09-14 meeting; Planning Commission work on I-94 Development District/data center ordinances was paused in June and remains unresolved.
• Outcome: Moratorium lapsed 2026-06-02 without extension; data center/I-94 district ordinance work stalled amid resident opposition and recall petitions

Leoni Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: March 2026 ('earlier this month' per MLive 2026-03-20)
• Normalized date: 2026-03 (month_only)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-leoni-township-2026
• Legal basis: Board of Trustees one-year moratorium on data center conditional use applications (instrument number not located)
• What prompted it: Proactive; planning commission drafting data center regulations
• Affected projects: None; no application received
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23 (presumed); one-year moratorium adopted March 2026; no later action located. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting ordinance

Lima Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-12-08 (Resolution 25-15, all ayes); extended 2026-07-13 by Resolution 2026-13
• Normalized date: 2025-12-08 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days or until a regulatory ordinance is enacted; extended by Resolution 2026-13 (extension length not published)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lima-township-2025
• Legal basis: Lima Township Resolution 25-15 (temporary moratorium on approval of data centers); extended by Resolution 2026-13
• What prompted it: Proactive, following neighboring moratoria and the Saline Township project
• Affected projects: None
• Detailed status: Extended and active as of 2026-09-23 (presumed); Resolution 2026-13 extending the moratorium adopted 2026-07-13; extension term not published. Data center zoning text amendments were heard by the Planning Commission 2026-06-22; a New Land Use Moratoria zoning section was adopted 2026-08-10.
• Outcome: Data center zoning amendments in process

Lima Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-12 (Resolution 2026-12 adopted unanimously at a special Township Board meeting)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-12 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months or until a regulatory ordinance for power generating facilities is enacted, whichever comes first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general
• Moratorium ID: mi-lima-township-2026
• Legal basis: Lima Township Resolution 2026-12, temporary moratorium on power generating facilities
• What prompted it: Consumers Energy option on ~120 acres off S. Lima Center Road for a possible 1.4 GW natural-gas power plant
• Affected projects: Potential Consumers Energy 1.4-gigawatt natural gas plant
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Resolution 2026-12 (2026-06-12) pauses establishing, permitting, approval or construction of any power generating facilities for 12 months (to about 2027-06-12) or until a regulatory ordinance is enacted.
• Outcome: Township, attorneys and consultants to draft zoning rules for power generating facilities

Lincoln Township (Berrien County)

• 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: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-03
• Normalized date: 2026-02-03 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days under the original Ordinance No. 2026-001 (Feb. 3 - ~Aug. 2, 2026); superseded by a new 180-day term under Ordinance No. 2026-003 (Aug. 20, 2026 - ~Feb. 16, 2027).
• Current end date: 2027-02-16
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-lodi-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 2026-001 and Resolution No. 2026-007 (original 180-day data-center moratorium, adopted Feb. 3, 2026, expired ~Aug. 2, 2026). Before that term lapsed, the Lodi Township Board of Trustees, on Aug. 11, 2026, adopted a successor Ordinance No. 2026-003, the 'Lodi Township High-power Facilities Moratorium,' which by definition covers data centers (except small-scale accessory facilities) along with electrical substations over 10MW and power-generating facilities over 1MW.
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23. Ordinance No. 2026-003 (adopted Aug. 11, 2026; published Aug. 19, 2026; effective Aug. 20, 2026) imposes a new 180-day moratorium on 'High-power Facilities,' a category that by definition includes data centers, running through approximately Feb. 16, 2027, or until zoning amendments/regulatory ordinances addressing High-power Facilities take effect, whichever is first. There was a roughly 18-day gap (Aug. 2 - Aug. 20, 2026) during which no township data-center moratorium was formally in effect.
• Outcome: Board referred zoning amendments to consultants and Planning Commission

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 2026-09-23. Ordinance No. 116 (adopted 2025-10-14) runs for the earlier of two years or the Township's implementation of data center regulations; the Planning Commission still listed the 'Data Center Ordinance' as pending business on its July 9 and August 6, 2026 agendas, and the Township Board's July and August 2026 minutes show no data center ordinance adoption or repeal of the moratorium.
• Outcome: Pending permanent regulations

Marengo Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-24 (Ordinance No. 2026-1 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-24 (exact)
• Duration: One year, subject to extension by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-marengo-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 2026-1
• What prompted it: Increasing data center developments across Michigan; township zoning does not address data centers
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 2026-1, adopted 2026-02-24, imposes a one-year moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction, and/or installation of all data centers in the Township, subject to extension by resolution.
• Outcome: Township studying data center regulations

Marshall

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-03 (City Council resolution approved; date per the City's resolution file name and WWMT coverage)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-03 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days from the effective date, with 30-day extensions allowed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-marshall-2026
• Legal basis: City of Marshall Council Resolution Instituting a Temporary Moratorium on Approval of Data Centers (Resolution No. 2026-__; number not shown on the published copy)
• What prompted it: Alterra Development's proposed data center on 270 acres at Brooks Industrial Park near wetlands and a lake; concern over noise (low-frequency), electricity, water, heat discharge; pending state legislation
• Affected projects: Alterra Development data center at Brooks Industrial Park (270 acres)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the City Council's 365-day moratorium approved 2026-08-03 bars approval of data centers until about 2027-08-03 while the city drafts noise and other regulations.
• Outcome: City to draft a noise/vibration ordinance and review other regulations before any data center approval

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 (Cass County)

• 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

Melvindale

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-20 (City Council unanimous vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-20 (exact)
• Duration: Not stated in the source reviewed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-melvindale-2026
• Legal basis: Melvindale City Council moratorium on data center reviews and approvals (instrument number and term not located)
• What prompted it: Precaution after a 26 MW data center proposal in neighboring Allen Park
• Affected projects: None in Melvindale; prompted by Solstice Data proposal at 7500 Enterprise Drive, Allen Park
• Detailed status: Reported active as of 2026-06-04; adopted 2026-05-20; term and end date not located, no later action found as of 2026-09-23. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.5 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Moratorium on data center reviews and 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

Monitor Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-26 (Ordinance 67-U adopted on second reading, 4-2, at a special Board meeting; first readings 2026-02-09 and 2026-03-23)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-26 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-monitor-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Monitor Ordinance 67-U, Declaring a Moratorium on Data Center Construction and Approval for a period of one year (zoning ordinance amendment)
• What prompted it: Two private properties reportedly considered for data centers; resident opposition; township DDA expansion controversy
• Affected projects: Two unnamed privately owned properties reportedly eyed for data centers (per Supervisor Spencer)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance 67-U (adopted 2026-03-26) imposes a one-year moratorium on data center construction and approval; the publication/effective date and thus the exact end date (about late March/April 2027) were not located.
• Outcome: Planning commission to study data center regulations during the pause

New Buffalo Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-08 (resolution at special board meeting)
• Normalized date: 2026-04-08 (exact)
• Duration: One year from adoption
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-new-buffalo-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board resolution halting permits, licenses, and approvals for data centers (number not located)
• What prompted it: 114-acre Kluver Road land sale to an entity tied to Michigan City's 'Project Maize' data center investors; industrial zoning would permit a data center
• Affected projects: 19701 Kluver Road 114-acre parcel (Project Maize-linked investors)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium adopted 2026-04-08. In Aug. 2026 the board denied a permit for a storage yard linked to the data center project.
• Outcome: Township reviewing zoning ordinance

Niles Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-01 (Township trustees approved a 12-month moratorium on data center permits)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-01 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-niles-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Niles Charter Township Board moratorium on granting permits for data centers (instrument number not located); companion zoning-ordinance moratorium amendment initiated by the Planning Commission 2026-06-09 with a hearing set for 2026-07-14
• What prompted it: Need to update the zoning ordinance and master plan to determine where data centers may or may not be located
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the Board approved a 12-month moratorium on data center permits on 2026-06-01 (to about 2027-06-01); final action on the companion zoning amendment was pending county review as of June 2026. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Planning commission amending zoning ordinance and master plan

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

Norvell Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-08 (Resolution 2026-06, A Moratorium on Approval of Data Centers, 4-0 roll call at regular meeting rescheduled from May 18)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-08 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months following effective date (publication within 7 days of adoption) or until data center zoning amendments take effect; Board may extend up to 6 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-norvell-township-2026
• Legal basis: Norvell Township Resolution 2026-06 under Zoning Ordinance Section 16.11 Temporary Moratoriums (added by Ordinance 2026-02)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not address data centers; concerns about energy, water (Wamplers Lake), noise, rural character
• Affected projects: None; no application received
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 12-month moratorium adopted 2026-06-08, running to roughly mid-June 2027.
• Outcome: Township to draft data center regulations

Oneida Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-13 (Ordinance No. 2026-1 adopted 7-0; effective on publication 2026-01-24); extended 2026-07-14 by Resolution No. 2026-07-14
• Normalized date: 2026-01-13 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from 2026-01-24 (to 2026-07-24), subject to extension by resolution or earlier adoption of regulations; extended six months to 2027-01-24
• Current end date: 2027-01-24
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-oneida-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Oneida Charter Township (Eaton County) Ordinance No. 2026-1, Ordinance Establishing Data Center Moratorium; extended by Resolution No. 2026-07-14, Resolution Extending Data Center Moratorium
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not define or regulate data centers; concerns over water, energy use, noise and siting while the Planning Commission drafts a data center ordinance
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution No. 2026-07-14 (adopted 2026-07-14) extended the moratorium from its 2026-07-24 expiry to 2027-01-24 while the Planning Commission drafts data center zoning amendments.
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting a data center ordinance; moratorium extended six months

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

Oshtemo Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2025-11-25 (Township Board, unanimous with two absent)
• Normalized date: 2025-11-25 (exact)
• Duration: One year (expires 2026-11-25) or until a zoning ordinance addresses energy storage; board plans extension
• Current end date: 2026-11-25
• Sectors: battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-oshtemo-charter-township-2025
• Legal basis: (first instrument, November 2025) Oshtemo Charter Township ordinance imposing a one-year moratorium on commercial energy storage system (BESS) development, adopted 5-2 on first reading and unanimously (two absent) on second/final reading at the November 25, 2025 Township Board meeting; specific ordinance number not confirmed despite checking the township's PA233-BESS information page, its Notices archive, news coverage (MLive, Energy-Storage.news), and the encodeplus.com compiled-ordinance viewer (which does show Ordinance No. 688, the later data-center moratorium, and No. 695, the later solar moratorium, but the relevant section for the November 2025 BESS moratorium could not be located by section ID)
• What prompted it: NewEdge Renewable Power's proposed 260 MW BESS at West M Avenue and South Van Kal Street; PA 233 state siting
• Affected projects: NewEdge Renewable Power 260 MW BESS proposal
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; set to expire 2026-11-25. Board announced in July 2026 it plans to extend it; draft Energy Systems Ordinance under Planning Commission review since 2026-08-13.
• Outcome: Drafting a Workable Incompatible Ordinance (WIO) for BESS

Oshtemo Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-10 (Ordinance No. 688 adopted on second reading, unanimous per MLive)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-10 (exact)
• Duration: One year, until otherwise amended or repealed, pending zoning/general ordinance amendments
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-oshtemo-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Oshtemo Charter Township Ordinance No. 688, Commercial Data Centers General Moratorium Ordinance
• What prompted it: Preemptive; concern over utility rates, water use and environment
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium adopted 2026-03-10, effective on publication; township prioritizing BESS ordinance first.
• Outcome: Data center regulations to be drafted after the BESS ordinance

Oshtemo Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-11 (second reading, 7-0; first reading 2026-07-28)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-11 (exact)
• Duration: Six months unless amended or repealed
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: solar
• Moratorium ID: mi-oshtemo-charter-township-2026-2
• Legal basis: Oshtemo Charter Township Ordinance No. 695, an ordinance imposing a moratorium on Solar Energy Development for Principal-Use SES, Principal-Use (Large) SES, and Principal-Use (Small) SES, adopted at the August 11, 2026 Township Board meeting (second reading; first reading July 28, 2026), published August 20, 2026
• What prompted it: Need for siting, design, construction and decommissioning standards for large-scale solar while Energy Systems Ordinance is drafted
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; six-month moratorium on new principal-use (large-scale) solar applications adopted 2026-08-11.
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting Energy Systems Ordinance

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: Aggregate placeholder, not a single instrument. As of 2026-09-23 Michigan statewide roundups (Michigan Public, June 2026: 'at least 52 Michigan communities'; WKAR tracker; savrn Michigan tracker) name many local moratoria beyond the itemized rows; the 2026-09-23 research pass identified these individually and submitted them as separate new candidates (townships, cities, a county-level solar/battery pause), so this meta-row should be retired or kept only as a pointer.
• Outcome: Superseded by individually documented instruments submitted as new candidates in the 2026-09-23 pass

Oxford Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-11 (Township Board of Trustees approved a resolution)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-11 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-oxford-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board resolution imposing a one-year moratorium on the establishment, permitting, consideration, approval, construction and/or installation of data centers (number not located)
• What prompted it: No ordinance specifically regulating data centers; no application pending
• Affected projects: None; no applications or inquiries
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the one-year moratorium adopted 2026-02-11 runs to February 2027. The planning commission held a public meeting on draft data-center ordinance amendments in September 2026.
• Outcome: Draft amendments would create a Data Center Overlay District (special land use in I-1/I-2 north of Ray Road and south of Davison Lake Road) and tighten noise standards

Park Township (St. Joseph County)

• 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: Park Township (St. Joseph County) Ordinance #26-02, Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers, approved by the Township Board 2026-05-13 (motion Ed English, support Lari Roberts; motion carried)
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23. Ordinance #26-02 was approved 2026-05-13; the ordinance text (and so its exact term) is not posted, and the township attorney's estimate at adoption was that it would provide 1 to 1.5 years. At the 2026-09-09 Board meeting officials reported no data center inquiries and were circulating a sample data center ordinance for Planning Commission review; no repeal or replacement was found.
• 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.

Penn Township (Cass County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-21 (one-year general-law moratorium approved by Township Board; preceded by a 30-day moratorium approved 2026-05-11, 5-1)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-21 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-penn-township-cass-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board non-zoning (general law) data center moratorium ordinance (number not located)
• What prompted it: Rumors of a data center project; Diamond Lake Association requested a multi-year pause
• Affected projects: None confirmed; no land sold for a data center per officials
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year general-law moratorium approved 2026-05-21 stops new data center applications; zoning amendments still planned. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Board to hire outside attorney and planner; zoning amendment expected

Pere Marquette Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-11 (Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 162 on second reading after a 2026-07-14 first reading; companion zoning amendment Ordinance No. 163, effective 2026-09-06, noticed as adopted 2026-08-25)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-11 (exact)
• Duration: One year, unless data center regulations are adopted sooner; may be extended by board resolution (with a waiver process for landowners during any extension)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-pere-marquette-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 162 (temporary data center moratorium, adopted 2026-08-11) and Ordinance No. 163 (zoning ordinance amendment adding Article 33.07, effective 2026-09-06)
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not define or regulate data centers; concerns about water and energy consumption, noise, power generation equipment, and battery storage
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year data center moratorium under Ordinance No. 162 (adopted 2026-08-11) and zoning Ordinance No. 163 (effective 2026-09-06), running to roughly August/September 2027 unless regulations are adopted sooner or it is extended.
• Outcome: Township to study and potentially adopt data center regulations during the moratorium

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: 2026-11-15
• 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; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution #26-11 (adopted 2026-05-13) extended the moratorium 180 days from 2026-05-19 to 2026-11-15, unless terminated earlier. The Planning Commission recommended Data Center Zoning Ordinance Amendment ZOA 26-236 (6-0) after an 2026-08-06 hearing; the Board approved the first reading 7-0 on 2026-09-09 and scheduled a second hearing and second reading for 2026-10-14.
• Outcome: Public hearings and ordinance drafting planned

Pontiac

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-21
• Normalized date: 2026-01-21 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months (Jan. 21 - Jul. 20, 2026), extended one additional 6-month period through Jan. 20, 2027 by Resolution No. 26-126 (adopted June 16, 2026); the resolution states no further extensions are authorized.
• Current end date: 2027-01-20
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-pontiac-2026
• Legal basis: City Council resolution (adopted unanimously Jan. 21, 2026, original six-month term). On June 16, 2026, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 26-126, 'Resolution Extending the Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment, Permitting, Consideration, Approval, Construction and/or Installation of Data Centers Within the City of Pontiac,' extending the moratorium by an additional six months and stating no further extensions are authorized.
• What prompted it: Mayor reported inquiries; existing zoning insufficient to address public health, utility, and infrastructure effects
• Affected projects: None specified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution No. 26-126 (adopted June 16, 2026) extended the moratorium for an additional six months following its original July 20, 2026 expiration, through January 20, 2027, unless earlier terminated by Council or superseded by a data-center zoning ordinance; the resolution states no further extensions are authorized. Independent corroboration: a Detroit News/bluewaterhealthyliving.com report dated Aug. 11-13, 2026 lists Pontiac among Michigan communities where a data-center moratorium was 'already in place,' consistent with the extension rather than an expiration on July 20.
• Outcome: City reviewing potential issues and proposing zoning ordinance

Port Huron Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-21 (Township Board unanimously adopted Ordinance No. 257 on final reading; first reading 2026-08-17)
• Normalized date: 2026-09-21 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months after final adoption, or until data-center zoning amendments take effect, whichever is first; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-port-huron-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 257, Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers and Other High Resource Demand Facilities (also adds Zoning Ordinance Sec. 114 authorizing temporary moratoria), Michigan Zoning Enabling Act
• What prompted it: Public health, safety and welfare concerns raised by the public about data centers and other high-resource-demand facilities; time needed to study and amend zoning
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 257 was adopted 2026-09-21 and takes effect eight days after publication. It runs 12 months or until zoning amendments take effect.
• Outcome: Township to develop data-center and high-resource-demand facility regulations

Portage

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-24 (Ordinance O-2-2026, Code of Ordinances, second reading; effective 2026-03-18); zoning Ordinance O-3-2026 second reading 2026-03-24 (effective 2026-04-17)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-24 (exact)
• Duration: Until December 31, 2026, or until new regulations take effect; extendable by resolution
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-portage-2026
• Legal basis: City of Portage Ordinances O-2-2026 (Chapter 42 Article 13, Secs. 42-1302/42-1303) and O-3-2026 (Sec. 42-140 zoning temporary moratorium)
• What prompted it: Preemptive; no applications received; concern about BESS fire risk and data center water/energy impacts
• Affected projects: None
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; runs to 2026-12-31. On 2026-09-22 the city development officer told council the moratorium may need to be extended because rezoning work must finish first.
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting data center/BESS regulations from a model ordinance template

Porter Township (Cass County)

• 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

Riley Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: 2024-01-09 (Ordinance 61-2024 adopted)
• Normalized date: 2024-01-09 (exact)
• Duration: 18 months from the effective date
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-riley-township-2024
• Legal basis: Ordinance 61-2024 (St. Clair County)
• What prompted it: Developer interest in constructing BESS in the Township; need for regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Expired. Ordinance 61-2024, adopted 2024-01-09 (effective ~2024-01-16), imposed an 18-month moratorium on permits/licenses/approvals for utility battery energy storage systems, expiring on or about 2025-07-24 per the eticaag BESS tracker.
• Outcome: Moratorium term lapsed

Rochester Hills

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-03-09 (City Council adopted Ordinance No. 201, effective 2026-03-16; exempts data centers with complete site plans submitted on or before 2026-02-23); extended by unanimous council vote on 2026-08-10
• Normalized date: 2026-03-09 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days from adoption (to about 2026-09-05), extended a further 180 days to 2027-03-04
• Current end date: 2027-03-04
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-rochester-hills-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 201 (adds Sec. 138-5.301 Temporary Moratorium for Data Centers to Chapter 138 Zoning); extended by City Council action on 2026-08-10 (extension instrument number not located)
• What prompted it: City identified concerns about data-center building height, size, noise, vibration, light, water and electricity demand, and compatibility with residential districts; no standards in the zoning code
• Affected projects: No specific project; Oakland University is evaluating a separate 20 MW campus data center in Auburn Hills
• Detailed status: Extended as of 2026-09-23; the City Council unanimously extended the Ordinance No. 201 moratorium on 2026-08-10, and it now runs to 2027-03-04 while the city drafts data-center zoning standards.
• Outcome: City staff drafting data-center ordinance amendments during the extension

Saginaw

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-12
• Normalized date: 2026-01-12 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months (from 2026-01-12, to about July 2026); extended 2026-04-27 by 6-3 council vote for an additional six months, which MLive reports pushes the moratorium to the end of December 2026
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• 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; active as of 2026-09-23. The City Council voted 6-3 on 2026-04-27 (Mayor Moore, Mayor Pro Tem Garcia and Councilwoman Seals opposed) to extend the moratorium by six months, pushing it to the end of December 2026 per MLive; the Planning Commission took public comment on a proposed Data Center Zoning Ordinance on 2026-04-28, and no adopted permanent ordinance or early termination was found as of 2026-09-23. Exact calendar end date not published in available city records.
• 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 2026-09-23. Confirmed via the Township's own statutory legal notice (published by The Sun Times News on behalf of Saline Township) that the Board adopted the resolution at its June 10, 2026 regular meeting, imposing a one-year moratorium on new industrial land-use applications/permits/rezonings/licenses, extendable one time for a limited period. The Aug. 12, 2026 Township board meeting minutes summary does not list any moratorium repeal or extension action. [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: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-11 (Township Board adopted Ordinance No. 2026-01 by unanimous roll call: Bigford, Osman, Helmrich, Aldrich)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-11 (exact)
• Duration: Six months from the ordinance's effective date or until a zoning amendment regulating data centers is adopted, whichever first (to about 2026-08-11); extended by Resolution No. 2026-17 (2026-08-12) for about three months pending adoption of the new data center ordinance
• Current end date: 2026-10-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-saugatuck-township-2026
• Legal basis: Saugatuck Township Ordinance No. 2026-01, an ordinance to impose a temporary moratorium on the acceptance of new building and zoning applications for data centers (adopted 2026-02-11); extended by Resolution No. 2026-17 (adopted 2026-08-12, unanimous roll call)
• What prompted it: Data center development concerns in Allegan County
• Affected projects: No specific project identified in Township minutes
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. Ordinance No. 2026-01 (adopted 2026-02-11, six months) was extended on 2026-08-12 by Resolution No. 2026-17 (a roughly three-month extension, to about mid-November 2026) pending adoption of the Planning Commission's data center/battery storage/digital mining zoning amendment, which the Board expected to receive in September 2026.
• 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: Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Board of Directors Resolution 2026-107, 'Establishing a Moratorium Prohibiting the Development, Approval, or Operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centers on Tribal Lands' (moved by Director Barbeau, supported by Director McRorie; adopted unanimously by roll call 2026-04-07; sponsored by Directors Bridget Sorenson and Kimberly Hampton)
• 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 2026-09-23. Resolution 2026-107 (2026-04-07) remains in effect indefinitely until lifted by a later Board resolution following impact, environmental/cultural, and infrastructure assessments and community consultation; no lifting resolution was found, and the Board's 2026-05-19 packet cited it while proposing a resolution supporting a statewide temporary moratorium on large-scale data centers and crypto mining.
• Outcome: Lifting would require tribal impact assessment, environmental and cultural resource evaluations, infrastructure and energy capacity analysis, and community consultation

Sharon Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-05 (Resolution No. 2026-02-05-01, 5-0)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-05 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months (2026-02-05 to 2027-02-05) or until regulations are in place
• Current end date: 2027-02-05
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-sharon-township-2026
• Legal basis: Sharon Township Resolution No. 2026-02-05-01, Moratorium on Issuance of Permits and Approvals for Data Centers
• What prompted it: Wave of data center applications across Southeast Michigan; unknown compatibility and adequacy of local regulations
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; runs until 2027-02-05 at 11:59 p.m. or until the Board determines adequate regulations are in place.
• Outcome: Review of Master Plan and zoning ordinances

Sherman Township (Huron County)

• 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

Solon Township (Kent County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-09 (unanimous Township Board vote on a six-month moratorium); extended six months by the Board on 2026-07-13; supporting zoning ordinance amendment recommended by the Planning Commission 2026-08-26 and adopted by the Board 2026-09-14
• Normalized date: 2026-02-09 (exact)
• Duration: Six months, extended by a further six months (to approximately February 7-10, 2027); counsel says a further extension beyond one year is possible while the master plan is updated
• Current end date: 2027-02-10
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-solon-township-kent-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board moratorium on data center applications (2026-02-09), extended by Board action 2026-07-13 and implemented by a zoning ordinance amendment ('Ordinance Amendment - Six-Month Moratorium - Data Centers') adopted 2026-09-14; ordinance number not published
• What prompted it: 'Project Peninsula', a potential ~1 GW data center by an undisclosed developer (Venerly LLC under NDA) on 800+ acres; township drafting data center zoning rules
• Affected projects: Project Peninsula (unnamed developer, Venerly LLC shell company; ~800 acres in Solon and Algoma townships near Cedar Springs)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the six-month moratorium adopted 2026-02-09 was extended six months on 2026-07-13 and codified by a zoning amendment adopted 2026-09-14, now running to approximately February 2027 (reported as Feb. 7 or Feb. 10, 2027).
• Outcome: Planning Commission revising data center zoning ordinance (sixth draft by special counsel Michael Homier); McKenna hired to update the master plan, expected into summer 2027

South Lyon

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: February 9, 2026, South Lyon City Council, unanimous roll-call vote (motion by Councilmember Popa, seconded by Councilmember Squires); adopted a resolution imposing the moratorium.
• Normalized date: 2026-02-09 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days from Feb. 9, 2026 (originally proposed as 180 days; extended to 365 days by council motion during the meeting), with a clause allowing Council to extend by up to an additional 180 days if needed.
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-south-lyon-undated
• Legal basis: South Lyon City Council resolution (proposed by Interim City Manager Bakke), adopted Feb. 9, 2026 by unanimous roll-call vote, imposing a temporary moratorium on new applications and permits for data processing and hyperscale data centers, retaining a clause allowing an aggrieved applicant to petition Council for expedited review.
• What prompted it: Concerns about electricity use, water demand, and noise, informed in part by city officials' attendance at informational meetings on Verrus's proposed hyperscale data center ('Project Flex') in neighboring Lyon Township, and modeled in part on Northville's recently enacted moratorium.
• Affected projects: No formal data-center application was pending within South Lyon itself at adoption; the action was influenced by Verrus's proposed 'Project Flex' hyperscale data center in adjacent Lyon Township.
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. The 365-day moratorium adopted Feb. 9, 2026 runs through approximately Feb. 9, 2027; no repeal or amendment was found. Council retains the ability to extend the moratorium by up to an additional 180 days.
• Outcome: City Council adopted a 365-day moratorium (resolution) on new data-processing/hyperscale-data-center applications and permits, retaining a petition/hearing clause for aggrieved applicants and a clause allowing Council to extend the pause by up to an additional 180 days; staff and consultants were directed to review model ordinances and report to the Planning Commission.

Springfield Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2025-12-11
• Normalized date: 2025-12-11 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days as originally adopted (Dec. 11, 2025 - ~Jun. 9, 2026); extended 30 days (to Jul. 9, 2026) by board action May 14, 2026; extended again through Dec. 10, 2026 by Resolution 2026-09, adopted Jul. 9, 2026.
• Current end date: 2026-12-10
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-springfield-township-2025
• Legal basis: Resolution 2025-11 (adopted Dec. 11, 2025; 180-day term, ~expiring June 9, 2026). Before that term lapsed, the Township Board extended it twice: a 30-day extension on May 14, 2026 (pushing the expiration to July 9, 2026), and again on July 9, 2026 via Resolution 2026-09, which amends Resolution 2025-11 and extends the moratorium through December 10, 2026.
• 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: Active as of 2026-09-23. The Township Board extended the moratorium twice before it could lapse: a 30-day extension adopted May 14, 2026 (to July 9, 2026), and Resolution 2026-09, adopted July 9, 2026, extending it through December 10, 2026. As of Sept. 22, 2026, the Planning Commission and a newly formed data-center zoning sub-committee (formed Sept. 10, 2026) were still reviewing a Carlisle/Wortman draft ordinance and had not finalized permanent regulations, so the moratorium remains in force. Separately, the property owner at the original 84-acre Andersonville Road site of interest confirmed on Aug. 26, 2026 that a data center will not be built there; that owner is instead pursuing a storage/office development.
• 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

Stockbridge Township (Ingham County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-16 (Township Board adopted Resolution No. 02 approving and adopting Ordinance No. 26-02)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-16 (exact)
• Duration: Eighteen months, or until amendments to the Township Zoning Ordinance are adopted, whichever occurs first
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-stockbridge-township-ingham-county-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 26-02, adopted by Resolution No. 02, 'Resolution to Adopt an Ordinance to Impose a Moratorium on the Issuance of Permits, Licenses, or Approvals for Data Centers' (2026-03-16)
• What prompted it: Need time to review and adopt zoning provisions, procedures and standards for data centers
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 18-month data center moratorium under Ordinance No. 26-02 (adopted 2026-03-16) runs to about September 2027 unless zoning amendments are adopted sooner; no replacement ordinance found.
• Outcome: Township to develop zoning provisions for data centers

Stronach Township (Manistee County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-06-10 (unanimous Township Board vote on a moratorium resolution; effective upon publication of legal notice)
• Normalized date: 2026-06-10 (exact)
• Duration: About six months; the supervisor said it expires December 31, 2026, and an extension could be adopted later
• Current end date: 2026-12-31
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-stronach-township-manistee-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board resolution enacting a data center moratorium (adopted 2026-06-10; resolution number not reported)
• What prompted it: Landowner Joe Tondu (Tondu Corp.) floated a possible data center on 150 acres at a May 12, 2026 Planning Commission meeting that drew 225+ attendees
• Affected projects: Possible data center on Joe Tondu's 150-acre Stronach property (no application filed)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; data center moratorium resolution adopted 2026-06-10 runs through 2026-12-31 unless extended.
• Outcome: Township studying data center impacts and drafting a new master plan to inform zoning

Superior Charter Township (Washtenaw County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-01-20 (Resolution 2026-2, 5-0 with two absent)
• Normalized date: 2026-01-20 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months from effective date (immediate) or until regulatory and zoning ordinances enacted
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-superior-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Superior Resolution Number 2026-2, Resolution Imposing a Temporary Moratorium for a Period of Twelve (12) Months on Data Centers
• What prompted it: No township standards specific to data centers; study of environmental, health, safety impacts
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 12-month moratorium effective 2026-01-20 runs to about 2027-01-20. Township is also working on a full zoning ordinance rewrite (July 2026 draft).
• Outcome: Pending data center regulations

Sylvan Township (Washtenaw County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-01-22 (per WKAR Public Media Michigan data center tracker, 2026-02-27)
• Normalized date: 2026-01-13 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days under the original Ordinance 26-01 (effective Jan. 28, 2026); superseded before expiry by a 12-month term under Resolution 26-05 (effective July 14, 2026), extendable by the Township Board in increments of up to six months.
• Current end date: 2027-07-14
• Sectors: data center, general
• Moratorium ID: mi-sylvan-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance 26-01 (also referenced as 26-001), adopted Jan. 13, 2026, effective Jan. 28, 2026: a 180-day moratorium on accepting/processing data-center applications only. Before that term lapsed, the Township Board adopted Resolution 26-05 at its July 14, 2026 regular meeting, imposing a new 12-month moratorium on data centers, high-energy users, power-generation facilities, and similar uses (excluding PA 233 of 2023 energy facilities and small-scale generators), effective immediately.
• What prompted it: Preemptive measure near Chelsea and Saline-area development activity
• Affected projects: Not specified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution 26-05, adopted July 14, 2026 (effective immediately), imposes a 12-month moratorium on data centers, high-energy users, power-generation facilities, and similar uses, running through approximately July 14, 2027. This resolution was adopted before the original Ordinance 26-01's 180-day term (effective Jan. 28, 2026) would have lapsed around late July 2026, so the Township's data-center pause continued without a gap. The Township Board may extend Resolution 26-05 in increments of up to six months if more time is needed.
• 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: No data center developer had approached Taylor at the time of adoption, but officials cited the regional wave of proposals (including a similar moratorium recently adopted in Northville, and a contested data center proposal before Allen Park's Planning Commission) and concerns about utility demand and noise as reasons to act preemptively.
• Affected projects: Not specified in the resolution itself
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the 12-month term (Jan. 20, 2026, 11:59 p.m. through Jan. 20, 2027, 11:59 p.m.) has not lapsed. Independently corroborated by a Detroit News/bluewaterhealthyliving.com report (Aug. 11-13, 2026) listing Taylor among Michigan communities where a data-center moratorium was 'already in place.' No repeal 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 (Livingston County)

• 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: 2027-02-19
• 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; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution #260502 (adopted 2026-05-19, 7-0) imposes a nine-month moratorium on permits, licenses and approvals for new data centers, through approximately 2027-02-19 or until data center zoning amendments take effect, whichever is first, with one possible further extension of up to six months. As of the Board's 2026-09-15 agenda the Planning Commission was still revising the draft Data Center Zoning Ordinance; nothing has been adopted.
• Outcome: Pending permanent regulations

Utica

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: About January 2026 (original moratorium 'six months ago' per C&G News); extended unanimously 2026-07-14
• Normalized date: 2026-01 (month_only)
• Duration: Original term about six months; extension length not reported
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-utica-2026
• Legal basis: Utica City Council moratorium on decisions related to data centers; extension approved 2026-07-14 (instrument number not reported)
• What prompted it: Proactive pause while the city investigates ordinance and zoning changes; no data center proposed
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23 as far as known. The City Council unanimously extended its data center moratorium on 2026-07-14 while the city attorney drafts an ordinance. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.55 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: City attorney drafting a data center ordinance

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 as of 2026-09-23; the 12-month term (through Jan. 26, 2027) has not lapsed. No repeal, extension, or replacement was located this pass; the Village's own document/agenda portal was not independently reachable to confirm current Planning Commission progress on permanent regulations. [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]

Wales Township

• Type: Township
• Status: ⚪ Expired
• Date enacted: —
• Normalized date: — (unverified)
• Duration: Not documented
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-wales-township-undated
• Legal basis: —
• What prompted it: Battery energy storage system regulation study
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Lifted (expired). Per the carina.energy BESS tracker summary, Wales Township (St. Clair County) previously had a BESS moratorium that has since been lifted; the township's own adoption notice/ordinance was not located within the research budget (only a permanent BESS zoning-text-amendment draft was found). [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.45 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Township appears to have moved to permanent BESS zoning standards

Warren

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-25 (City Council unanimous vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-25 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-warren-2026
• Legal basis: City Council moratorium resolution prepared by council attorney Jeffrey Schroeder (Plunkett Cooney); number not located
• What prompted it: Grid strain after July 2026 storms downed more than 60 power lines; zoning ordinance does not define data centers
• Affected projects: None; excludes existing facilities, approved uses, and accessory server rooms under 2,500 sq ft
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the 12-month moratorium approved 2026-08-25 runs to about 2027-08-25 while the city drafts data-center zoning. [VERIFY instrument number; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.65 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: City to define data centers and set zoning locations and conditions

Washington Township (Macomb County)

• 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 2026-09-23; the six-month term (through approximately Nov. 16, 2026) has not lapsed. The Detroit News (May 23, 2026) confirms the Board of Trustees passed the moratorium on the acceptance and review of data-center applications shortly after the Prologis application withdrawal; no repeal, extension, or replacement found through this pass. [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 (to 2026-10-01), extendable; a further 6-month extension (Ordinance 2026-Z-012 plus extension resolution) was introduced 2026-09-14 and scheduled for adoption 2026-09-28
• Current end date: 2026-10-01
• 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 2026-09-23; the original moratorium runs until 2026-10-01. On 2026-09-14 the Board of Trustees introduced Ordinance 2026-Z-012 (and a companion resolution) to extend the moratorium a further six months, after a unanimous favorable Planning Commission recommendation on 2026-08-25; adoption is scheduled for the 2026-09-28 Board meeting.
• Outcome: Township staff and Planning Commission directed to study impacts and draft zoning and code amendments

Watertown Township (Tuscola County)

• 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

Webster Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-04-21 (Ordinance No. 26-02 adopted by Township Board; notice published 2026-04-29)
• Normalized date: 2026-04-21 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, battery storage
• Moratorium ID: mi-webster-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 26-02, Ordinance Establishing Data Center and Battery Energy Storage System Moratorium (Police Power)
• What prompted it: Allow time to study and potentially adopt revised regulations governing data centers and BESS
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium adopted 2026-04-21 runs to approximately 2027-04-21.
• Outcome: Study of revised data center and BESS regulations

Wheeler Township (Gratiot County)

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-07-14 (Township Board adopted a temporary data center moratorium; notice of adoption published 2026-07-30)
• Normalized date: 2026-07-14 (exact)
• Duration: One year
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-wheeler-township-gratiot-county-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board temporary data center moratorium adopted 2026-07-14 (instrument number not stated in the notice of adoption)
• What prompted it: Allow time to study and potentially adopt revised regulations governing data centers
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year data center moratorium adopted 2026-07-14 (notice published 2026-07-30) runs to about July 2027.
• Outcome: Township to study and potentially adopt revised data center regulations

White Lake Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (Resolution #26-004 approved 7-0 by voice vote at the regular Township Board meeting; effective 2026-02-18)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-17 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (2026-02-18 through 2026-08-17); extended by Resolution #26-021 (2026-07-21) for a further 180 days, 2026-08-18 through 2027-02-12, with one further 180-day extension possible
• Current end date: 2027-02-12
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-white-lake-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of White Lake Resolution No. 26-004, Resolution to Approve Moratorium on the Issuance of Approvals or Permits for Data Processing Centers (adopted 2026-02-17), extended by Resolution No. 26-021 (adopted 2026-07-21), under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act
• What prompted it: Zoning Ordinance does not permit or regulate data processing centers; resident concerns over electricity costs, water supply strain and generator/cooling noise
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. Resolution #26-021, approved 2026-07-21, extends the moratorium from 2026-08-18 through 2027-02-12; the Community Development Director is to report ordinance recommendations to the Planning Commission by 2026-10-01.
• Outcome: Staff and consultants reviewing zoning, utility, noise/light and stormwater standards for data processing centers

Williams Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-05-12 (Ordinance No. 33-202 adopted 7-0 after 2026-04-14 introduction; summary published 2026-05-20)
• Normalized date: 2026-05-12 (exact)
• Duration: One year (zoning ordinance amendment declaring a one-year moratorium on data center review, construction and approval)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-williams-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Williams Charter Township (Bay County) Ordinance No. 33-202, Declaring a Moratorium on Data Center Review, Approval and Construction (zoning ordinance amendment)
• What prompted it: No data center regulations in the zoning ordinance amid Bay County data center interest
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; Ordinance No. 33-202 (adopted 2026-05-12, published 2026-05-20) imposes a one-year moratorium on data center review, approval and construction.
• Outcome: Planning Commission to develop data center regulations

Williamstown Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-02-11 (Ordinance No. 60, 6-0, one absent; published 2026-02-25)
• Normalized date: 2026-02-11 (exact)
• Duration: 1 year, subject to extension by resolution or earlier adoption of regulations
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-williamstown-township-2026
• Legal basis: Ordinance No. 60, Williamstown Township Data Center Moratorium
• What prompted it: Zoning ordinance does not define or regulate data centers; concerns about water, energy and noise
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year term from publication (2026-02-25). On 2026-08-26 the Planning Commission postponed draft data center regulations pending comparison with an MTA model.
• Outcome: Planning Commission drafting data center regulations

Wisner Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: Original adoption date not located (six-month moratorium that expired in August 2026); extended 2026-08-17 for six months by unanimous roll call
• Normalized date: 2026-02 (month_only)
• Duration: 6 months, extended 2026-08-17 for an additional 6 months
• Current end date: 2027-02-17
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-wisner-township-undated
• Legal basis: Township Board moratorium (instrument number not located); extension by Board motion 2026-08-17
• What prompted it: Township drafting a data center ordinance and data center overlay district
• Affected projects: None identified
• Detailed status: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. The board extended the moratorium six months on 2026-08-17 (to about February 2027) while an overlay district ordinance is drafted. [VERIFY instrument number; adoption date; primary source (news-only evidence) not confirmed at confidence 0.6 in the 2026-09 refresh]
• Outcome: Township attorney hired (2026-07-20) to draft a data center overlay ordinance; Planning Commission special meeting 2026-08-26

Wixom

• Type: City
• Status: ⚪ Replaced
• Date enacted: 2026-03-24 (City Council adopted Resolution No. 2026-06)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-24 (exact)
• Duration: 6 months, or until a regulatory ordinance was enacted; terminated 2026-09-06
• Current end date: 2026-09-06
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-wixom-2026
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 2026-06 (moratorium); repealed by Resolution 2026-47 (2026-08-25, 7-0) effective when Ordinance No. 2026-01 took effect on 2026-09-06
• What prompted it: Zoning allowed data processing by right in several districts with no data-center definition or standards
• Affected projects: A data-center waiver request was rejected in July 2026 (per MLive headline)
• Detailed status: Replaced 2026-09-06; Ordinance No. 2026-01 (adopted 2026-08-25) makes data centers a special land use in the M-1/M-2 districts with specific standards, and Resolution 2026-47 ended the moratorium when that ordinance took effect.
• Outcome: Replaced by Ordinance No. 2026-01: data centers are a special land use in the M-1 and M-2 districts, with residential setbacks, noise studies, utility capacity checks and decommissioning plans

York Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Extended
• Date enacted: 2026-03-10 (Ordinance No. 167 adopted after February first reading)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-10 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days (Ordinance No. 167, effective 2026-03-18, expiring 2026-09-14); extended by Resolution #2026-19 for an additional 180 days (to approximately 2027-03-13) or until data center regulations are adopted, whichever occurs first
• Current end date: 2027-03-13
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-york-township-2026
• Legal basis: York Charter Township Ordinance No. 167, Data Center Moratorium Ordinance (first reading 2026-02-10, adopted 2026-03-10, effective 2026-03-18); extended by Resolution #2026-19 (adopted 2026-08-11, 6-0 roll call, Louis absent) under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 167
• 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: Extended; active as of 2026-09-23. The Board adopted Resolution #2026-19 on 2026-08-11 extending the Ordinance No. 167 moratorium (which would have expired 2026-09-14) for an additional 180 days, to approximately 2027-03-13, or until the Board adopts data center regulations, whichever occurs first; Planning Commission zoning amendments are still in progress.
• Outcome: Consultant study and zoning work pending

Ypsilanti

• Type: City
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-03-03 (Resolution No. 2026-046A imposing a temporary 365-day moratorium, 5-0; same night emergency Ordinance No. 1457, 60-day zoning-permit moratorium)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-03 (exact)
• Duration: 365 days (resolution), backed by successive 60-day emergency ordinances (Nos. 1457, 1461, 1472)
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-ypsilanti-2026
• Legal basis: City Council Resolution No. 2026-046A (365-day moratorium); emergency Ordinances No. 1457 (2026-03-03), No. 1461 (2026-04-21) and No. 1472 (2026-09-01), each a 60-day moratorium on new zoning permits for data centers
• What prompted it: City zoning code does not define or regulate data centers; a large manufacturing parcel (GW Kent) came up for sale
• Affected projects: None proposed; potential sale of GW Kent manufacturing parcel
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; the 365-day resolution adopted 2026-03-03 runs to about 2027-03-03, and the latest 60-day emergency zoning-permit moratorium (Ordinance No. 1472, adopted 7-0 and given immediate effect 2026-09-01) runs to about 2026-10-31. Draft data center zoning ordinance presented 2026-09-15 with no adoption timeline.
• Outcome: Council renewing 60-day emergency ordinances while a data center zoning text amendment is drafted

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

Ypsilanti Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-08-18 (Resolution 2026-21, unanimous Board of Trustees vote)
• Normalized date: 2026-08-18 (exact)
• Duration: 180 days following the effective date, unless terminated earlier
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: general, data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-ypsilanti-township-2026
• Legal basis: Charter Township of Ypsilanti Resolution 2026-21, A Resolution Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment, Construction, Expansion, or Approval of Major Electric Utility Infrastructure
• What prompted it: University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratory high-performance computing center selected for Textile Road site; township seeks to regulate electric infrastructure serving data centers
• Affected projects: University of Michigan / Los Alamos National Laboratory research computing center at Textile and Bridge roads (U-M itself is exempt from local zoning; moratorium targets DTE infrastructure)
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; 180-day moratorium on major electric utility facilities (substations, transmission lines) adopted 2026-08-18, running to roughly mid-February 2027.
• Outcome: Planning Commission to study regulation of major electric utility facilities; DTE reviewing the moratorium

Zeeland Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🟢 Active
• Date enacted: 2026-09-01 (unanimous Township Board vote on a resolution enacting temporary moratoria on energy facilities and data centers; it repealed and replaced the township's earlier data-center-only moratorium, Resolution No. 1027, adopted 2026-03-03)
• Normalized date: 2026-09-01 (exact)
• Duration: Initial term of 365 days following the effective date (effective on publication of the notice of adoption); counsel said it may then be extended in 60-day increments until the master plan update is complete
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center, solar, wind, battery storage, cryptocurrency mining
• Moratorium ID: mi-zeeland-charter-township-2026
• Legal basis: Township Board resolution 'A Resolution Enacting Temporary Moratoria on Energy Facilities and Data Centers' adopted 2026-09-01 under Section 3.36 of the Zeeland Charter Township Zoning Ordinance (number blank in the board packet); it repealed and superseded the township's March 3, 2026 moratorium (No. 1027), which has its own row
• What prompted it: Master plan update underway; Silver Maple Solar (RWE Americas, ~200 MW) dispute and township lawsuit challenging PA 233; desire to maintain status quo on energy facilities and data centers until zoning is updated
• Affected projects: Silver Maple Solar (RWE Americas, ~1,900 acres in Zeeland and Jamestown townships); no data center application pending
• Detailed status: Active as of 2026-09-23; one-year moratorium on commercial energy facilities (solar, wind, battery storage) and data centers (definition includes crypto-mining facilities) adopted 2026-09-01, runs 365 days from publication of the notice of adoption (approximately early September 2027).
• Outcome: Planning Commission and staff to complete master plan update and renewable-energy/data-center zoning before the moratorium ends

Zeeland Charter Township

• Type: Township
• Status: 🔴 Rescinded
• Date enacted: 2026-03-03 (Township Board unanimously adopted Resolution No. 1027, a 12-month data center moratorium, per Zeeland Record/Legal News; resolution number from the 2026-09-01 repealing resolution)
• Normalized date: 2026-03-03 (exact)
• Duration: 12 months
• Current end date: —
• Sectors: data center
• Moratorium ID: mi-zeeland-charter-township-2026-2
• Legal basis: Resolution No. 1027 (Zeeland Charter Township Board, 2026-03-03), temporary moratorium on data centers; repealed by the 2026-09-01 'Resolution Enacting Temporary Moratoria on Energy Facilities and Data Centers', section 9
• What prompted it: Rising data center interest in West Michigan; zoning ordinance did not contemplate data centers (water, electricity, noise, light, vibration); Planning Commission busy with renewable-energy ordinance for Silver Maple Solar and a master plan update.
• Affected projects: None; the township had no data center applications.
• Detailed status: Rescinded 2026-09-01; Resolution No. 1027 (data centers, adopted 2026-03-03 for 12 months) was expressly repealed by the Township Board's 2026-09-01 resolution, which imposed a new, broader one-year moratorium on commercial energy facilities and data centers (see mi-zeeland-charter-township-2026).
• Outcome: Repealed and superseded by the 2026-09-01 energy-facility and data-center moratorium.

Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.

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