Michigan Moratoria
Every infrastructure moratorium we have identified in Michigan as of April 2026.
34 instruments — 29 in force, 4 pending, 1 past. Activity level: High.
| Jurisdiction | Type | Date enacted | Duration | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armada Township | Township | — | — | 🟡 Pending |
| Big Rapids Charter Township | Township | 2026-02-23 | 1 year, subject to extensions of 6 months or less by resolution | 🟢 Active |
| Bruce Township | Township | — | — | 🟡 Pending |
| Clark Township | Township | 2025-06-24 | 1 year | 🟢 Active |
| Detroit (requested) | City | Not enacted as of 2026-04-29 | Requested 2 years | 🟡 Pending |
| Dundee Township | Township | — | — | 🟢 Active |
| Fenton Township | Township | 2026-02-17 (first reading) | 12 months proposed | 🟡 Pending |
| Grand Blanc Township | Township | 2026-01-21 | 1 year; may be extended, shortened, or revoked | 🟢 Active |
| Green Charter Township | Township | 2025-12-09 | 1 year, extendable | 🟢 Active |
| Hayes Township | Township | 2026-02-10 | 180 days (per primary source: Interlochen Public Radio reporting on the unanimou | 🟡 Pending |
| Howell Township | Township | 2025-11-20 | 6 months | 🟢 Extended |
| Lenox Township | Township | 2026-02-02 | 4 months, with option for one additional 4-month extension | 🟢 Active |
| Lodi Township | Township | 2026-02-03 | 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Lowell Township (proposed) | Township | Not enacted as of 2026-04-29 | Proposed 6 months | 🟡 Pending |
| Manchester Township | Township | 2025-10-14 | 2 years or until data center regulations are adopted | 🟡 Pending |
| Mason | City | January 2026 | 90 days, ending 2026-03-15 or upon adoption of Ordinance 266 | 🔴 Rescinded |
| Northville | City | 2026-01-07 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Other Reported Local Moratoria | — | — | — | 🟢 Active |
| Pittsfield Township | Township | 2025-11-20 | 6 months | 🟡 Pending |
| Pontiac | City | 2026-01-21 | 6 months, may be extended | 🟢 Active |
| Saginaw | City | 2026-01-12 | 6 months | 🟢 Active |
| Saline City | City | 2026-01-12 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Saugatuck Township | Township | February 2026 | — | 🟡 Pending |
| Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians | Tribal Government | 2026-04-07 | Indefinite until lifted by future board resolution | 🟢 Active |
| South Lyon | City | — | — | 🟡 Pending |
| Springfield Township | Township | 2025-12-11 | 180 days | 🟢 Active |
| Sterling Heights | City | 2026-02-04 | 12 months | 🟢 Active |
| Sylvan Township | Township | January 2026 | 6 months | 🟢 Active |
| Taylor | City | — | — | 🟡 Pending |
| Tyrone Township | Township | 2025-12-02 | 6 months, with possible 6-month extension | 🟡 Pending |
| Village of Romeo | Village | 2026-01-26 | 1 year | 🟡 Pending |
| Waterford Township | Township | 2026-03-23 | 6 months, extendable | 🟢 Active |
| York Township | Township | 2026-02-12 | 6 months, with possible 6-month extension | 🟡 Pending |
| Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority | Utility authority | 2026-04-22 | 12 months | 🟡 Pending |
Detailed entries
Armada Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-armada-township-undated - Legal basis: Township moratorium action
- What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Pending
Big Rapids Charter Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-23
- Duration: 1 year, subject to extensions of 6 months or less by resolution
- 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
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Township will study and potentially enact data center regulations; waiver process applies after extensions beyond 12 months
Bruce Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-bruce-township-undated - Legal basis: Township moratorium action
- What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Pending
Clark Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-06-24
- Duration: 1 year
- 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
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-06-24
- Outcome: Draft ordinance reportedly would ban commercial or hyperscale data centers and crypto mining while allowing limited accessory-scale uses
Detroit (requested)
- Type: City
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: Not enacted as of 2026-04-29
- Duration: Requested 2 years
- Moratorium ID:
mi-detroit-2026 - Legal basis: City Council resolution asking Mayor Mary Sheffield to consider withholding data center permits
- What prompted it: Desire to study environmental, economic, neighborhood, and ratepayer effects before proposals arrive
- Affected projects: None specified
- Detailed status: Request passed 6-2 on 2026-03-17; mayor reviewing
- Outcome: No mayoral moratorium identified during this pass
Dundee Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-dundee-township-2025 - Legal basis: Township temporary moratorium referenced in reporting
- What prompted it: Community concern around proposed Project Ironwood
- Affected projects: Proposed Project Ironwood on about 350 acres
- Detailed status: Reported active in December 2025
- Outcome: Ongoing discussions with residents
Fenton Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2026-02-17 (first reading)
- Duration: 12 months proposed
- Moratorium ID:
mi-fenton-township-2026 - Legal basis: Proposed township ordinance after first reading; final ordinance number not yet identified
- What prompted it: No data-center category in ordinance and resident concern over noise, power, and water
- Detailed status: Reported proposed as of 2026-02-12
- Outcome: Pending verification of second reading or adoption
Grand Blanc Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-21
- Duration: 1 year; may be extended, shortened, or revoked
- Moratorium ID:
mi-grand-blanc-township-2026 - Legal basis: Township moratorium action
- What prompted it: Zoning code did not address data centers; concern over high power and water use relative to jobs
- Affected projects: No formal applications at enactment
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Planning commission and consultant process to draft standards
Green Charter Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-12-09
- Duration: 1 year, extendable
- Moratorium ID:
mi-green-charter-township-2025 - Legal basis: Board resolution enacting temporary moratorium
- 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
Hayes Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2026-02-10
- Duration: 180 days (per primary source: Interlochen Public Radio reporting on the unanimou
- Moratorium ID:
mi-hayes-township-2026 - Legal basis: Board moratorium resolution published in agenda packet (document ID 22389 on hayestownshipmi.gov); resolution number not stated in IPR coverage and not separately published on the township site as of 2026-04-29
- What prompted it: Concern about possible redevelopment at former Big Rock Point nuclear site, plus loophole and takings-risk debates
- Affected projects: No filed project identified; concern centered on Big Rock Point area
- Detailed status: Active through approximately 2026-08-09 (180 days from 2026-02-10)
- Outcome: Board struck draft exemption language and planned further legal and zoning work
Howell Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Extended
- Date enacted: 2025-11-20
- Duration: 6 months
- 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
Lenox Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-02
- Duration: 4 months, with option for one additional 4-month extension
- Moratorium ID:
mi-lenox-township-2026 - Legal basis: Board-adopted moratorium effective 2026-02-02 (per Lenox Township statement on lenox-mi.gov CivicAlerts)
- What prompted it: Need time for zoning and infrastructure review while avoiding exclusionary-zoning risk
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Ongoing ordinance and planning review with public process
Lodi Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-02-03
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
mi-lodi-township-2026 - Legal basis: Ordinance No. 2026-001 and Resolution No. 2026-007
- What prompted it: Zoning ordinance did not address data centers; nearby proposals created pressure to study standards
- Affected projects: No data center applications accepted or considered during moratorium; appeal process available
- Detailed status: Active; effective 2026-02-11
- Outcome: Board referred zoning amendments to consultants and Planning Commission
Lowell Township (proposed)
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: Not enacted as of 2026-04-29
- Duration: Proposed 6 months
- Moratorium ID:
mi-lowell-township-2026 - Legal basis: Proposed Ordinance 01-2026R
- What prompted it: Microsoft proposal in Covenant Business Park; resident concerns about light, water, noise, and electricity rates
- Affected projects: Proposed Microsoft data center on Alden Nash Avenue near I-96
- Detailed status: First reading held; second reading scheduled 2026-05-18
- Outcome: Pending board action
Manchester Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2025-10-14
- Duration: 2 years or until data center regulations are adopted
- 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
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Pending permanent regulations
Mason
- Type: City
- Status: 🔴 Rescinded
- Date enacted: January 2026
- Duration: 90 days, ending 2026-03-15 or upon adoption of Ordinance 266
- 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
- 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).
- Outcome: New M-3 Technology Innovation zoning district was adopted then repealed; no replacement ordinance in effect as of 2026-04-29
Northville
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-07
- Duration: 12 months
- 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
Other Reported Local Moratoria
- Type: —
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-other-reported-local-moratoria-undated
Pittsfield Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2025-11-20
- Duration: 6 months
- Moratorium ID:
mi-pittsfield-township-2025 - Legal basis: Township Board moratorium action
- 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: Active as of 2026-04-29; nominal expiration around 2026-05-20
- Outcome: Public hearings and ordinance drafting planned
Pontiac
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-21
- Duration: 6 months, may be extended
- Moratorium ID:
mi-pontiac-2026 - Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved unanimously [CITE]
- What prompted it: Mayor reported inquiries; existing zoning insufficient to address public health, utility, and infrastructure effects
- Affected projects: None specified
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: City reviewing potential issues and proposing zoning ordinance
Saginaw
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-12
- Duration: 6 months
- Moratorium ID:
mi-saginaw-2026 - Legal basis: City Council resolution, approved 9-0
- What prompted it: Preemptive policy development and concern about infrastructure and water-system impacts
- Affected projects: No local applications identified at enactment
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: City staff directed to develop regulations and conduct stakeholder process
Saline City
- Type: City
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-01-12
- Duration: 12 months
- 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
Saugatuck Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: February 2026
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-saugatuck-township-2026 - Legal basis: Township board moratorium resolution referenced in MLive aggregate tally
- What prompted it: Data center development concerns in Allegan County
- Detailed status: Reported active in MLive 51-jurisdiction tally
- Outcome: Pending
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Type: Tribal Government
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-04-07
- Duration: Indefinite until lifted by future board resolution
- Moratorium ID:
mi-sault-ste-marie-tribe-of-chippewa-indian-2026 - Legal basis: Tribal Board resolution titled "Establishing a Moratorium Prohibiting the Development, Approval, or Operation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Centers on Tribal Lands" — sponsored by Directors Bridget Sorenson and Kimberly Hampton, adopted unanimously 2026-04-07 (Sault Tribe Board of Directors a
- What prompted it: Community concern about resource strain, land-use impacts, transparency, tribal trust land, and long-term economic value
- Affected projects: Conflicting accounts; reporting cites removed strategic-plan references to a possible M-28 data center concept with Innova Capital Partners
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Lifting would require tribal impact assessment, environmental and cultural resource evaluations, infrastructure and energy capacity analysis, and community consultation
South Lyon
- Type: City
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-south-lyon-undated - Legal basis: City moratorium action
- What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Pending
Springfield Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2025-12-11
- Duration: 180 days
- Moratorium ID:
mi-springfield-township-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution 2025-11, Temporary Moratorium on Approval of Data Centers
- What prompted it: Township identified as unprepared for hyperscale proposals; need for standards before formal applications
- Affected projects: Pre-application interest in an approximately 84-acre site, with 2 to 3 buildings of about 250,000 square feet each
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29; nominal 180-day expiration around 2026-06-09
- 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
- Duration: 12 months
- 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
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Study computing trends, infrastructure impacts, and noise limitations
Sylvan Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: January 2026
- Duration: 6 months
- Moratorium ID:
mi-sylvan-township-2026 - Legal basis: Township moratorium
- What prompted it: Preemptive measure near Chelsea and Saline-area development activity
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Zoning review
Taylor
- Type: City
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: —
- Duration: —
- Moratorium ID:
mi-taylor-undated - Legal basis: City moratorium action
- What prompted it: Regional data center development wave across SE Michigan
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Pending
Tyrone Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2025-12-02
- Duration: 6 months, with possible 6-month extension
- Moratorium ID:
mi-tyrone-township-2025 - Legal basis: Resolution #251203
- What prompted it: Need for regulatory framework for data center facilities
- Detailed status: Active through approximately June 2026
- Outcome: Pending permanent regulations
Village of Romeo
- Type: Village
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2026-01-26
- Duration: 1 year
- Moratorium ID:
mi-romeo-2026 - Legal basis: Village Board of Trustees moratorium action
- What prompted it: Prologis 312-acre data center proposal in adjacent Washington Township
- Detailed status: Active
- Outcome: Pending development of permanent regulations
Waterford Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟢 Active
- Date enacted: 2026-03-23
- Duration: 6 months, extendable
- Moratorium ID:
mi-waterford-township-2026 - Legal basis: Zoning Ordinance 2026-Z-003 and companion Resolution Establishing a Moratorium on the Approval of New Data Centers
- What prompted it: Zoning ordinance predates large-scale data centers and lacks standards for siting, buffering, noise, utility impacts, water use, fuel storage, building scale, and compatibility
- Affected projects: No specific project identified in minutes
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: Township staff and Planning Commission directed to study impacts and draft zoning and code amendments
York Township
- Type: Township
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2026-02-12
- Duration: 6 months, with possible 6-month extension
- Moratorium ID:
mi-york-township-2026 - Legal basis: Board moratorium language under consideration
- What prompted it: Potential hyperscale proposal on Toyota-owned land and zoning-defensibility concerns
- Affected projects: Potential 412-acre project tied to Sansone Group
- Detailed status: Active. Board voted to enact moratorium on 2026-02-12 per web reporting
- Outcome: Consultant study and zoning work pending
Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
- Type: Utility authority
- Status: 🟡 Pending
- Date enacted: 2026-04-22
- Duration: 12 months
- Moratorium ID:
mi-ypsilanti-community-utilities-authority-2026 - Legal basis: YCUA board moratorium on supplying water to data centers; Ypsilanti Township Resolution No. 2026-08 requested the action
- What prompted it: Concerns that hyperscale data centers could commit water and sewer capacity before financial, infrastructure, and environmental reviews were complete
- Affected projects: No hyperscale data center operating in YCUA service area; proposals reported in Washtenaw County, including a University of Michigan/Los Alamos/DTE computing facility on Textile Road
- Detailed status: Active as of 2026-04-29
- Outcome: YCUA to conduct further studies before considering service commitments
Source: moratorium_inventory.csv · Methodology · Codebook.