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Ingham County

2 data center projects we know about. 24 townships, cities, villages and charter townships.

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Projects

Proposed

Proposed data center on Mason–Vevay Township border

Vevay, Ingham County

400 acres

🕒 Aug 2026: Landowners applied to the State Boundary Commission to annex the land to Mason.

Stopped or cancelled

Deep Green data center, downtown Lansing

Lansing, Ingham County

🕒 April 6, 2026: Deep Green withdrew its rezoning request before the council vote.

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lansing

Lansing City Council voted 7-1 to stop data center permits and zoning requests for 182 days (July 27, 2026 to Jan. 25, 2027) while it writes rules. It came after Deep Green dropped its downtown plan.

July 13, 2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Mason

Mason unanimously adopted a resident-backed noise law with stricter noise and vibration limits for the city.

June 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Meridian Township

Meridian Township paused data center applications for six months while it writes rules.

May 19, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · East Lansing

East Lansing City Council unanimously paused all data center proposals for six months while it reviews zoning.

March 17, 2026Source

🗳️ Public vote · Mason

Residents turned in 755 valid signatures (600 needed) for a vote on the M-3 data center zone. That paused the law. Instead of a ballot vote, the council voted 4-2 to repeal it.

March 2, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Williamstown Township

Williamstown Township banned data center permits, approvals and building for one year while it studies new rules. In August 2026 its planning commission voted 9-0 to put off its draft data center rules to compare them with a state township association model.

Feb 11, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Mason

Mason City Council voted 5-2 to create a new 'M-3' technology zone for large data centers, with tighter noise and emissions limits and proof that water, sewer and power use won't hurt other users. Residents filed a referendum petition, and the council repealed it in March 2026.

Feb 2, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Mason

Mason City Council voted 4-2 to pause data center approvals until mid-March while it finished new zoning rules. The pause ended when the rules passed in February.

Jan 5, 2026Source

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