Ypsilanti Township paused new major electric utility equipment (the kind big data centers and AI centers need) for 180 days, and asked power companies to study noise and the effect on current customers.

Aug 18, 2026Source

🗳️ Election · Augusta Township

Residents tried to recall all seven township board members over the rezoning vote. The county clerk rejected the petitions on a technical error in circulator addresses, so no recall vote in November 2026. A recall vote could still come in May 2027.

Aug 12, 2026Source

🗳️ Public vote · Augusta Township

About 90% of voters chose to overturn the data center rezoning.

Aug 4, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lyndon Township

Lyndon Township stopped data center permits and approvals for 12 months, or until new rules take effect. In effect May 27, 2026.

May 12, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Ypsilanti Township

The local water and sewer authority (YCUA) refused new water and sewer service to large data centers and AI computing centers for 12 months while it studies its system. It serves Ypsilanti Township, Augusta Township and other nearby towns.

April 22, 2026Source

📌 Other · Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township trustees unanimously asked the local water authority (YCUA) to stop serving data centers for at least 12 months until six studies are done. The board opposes the University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center planned in the township. The authority passed the pause a week later.

April 15, 2026Source

📌 Other · Washtenaw County

Washtenaw County commissioners passed a resolution praising towns that paused data centers and urging others to do the same. They also backed a state bill to take back $100 million in state money for the University of Michigan and Los Alamos data center.

March 18, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Ypsilanti

Ypsilanti City Council passed a 60-day emergency pause on data centers and a resolution for a one-year pause. No data center was proposed, but a large factory site was for sale.

March 3, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Saline Township

A judge refused a nearby resident's request to join the case and undo the Saline Township settlement. The judge said the request came too late and the board did approve the deal in a public vote. The resident's lawyer said they were looking at next steps.

Feb 20, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Ann Arbor Township

Ann Arbor Township passed a 12-month pause on data centers to study water and power use and its zoning powers.

Feb 16, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lodi Township

Lodi Township paused data centers for 180 days.

Feb 3, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · York Township

York Township paused data center plans for six months starting in March 2026, while Sansone Group was looking at land there, so the planning commission could strengthen zoning rules. Sansone later dropped the plan.

Feb 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Freedom Township

Freedom Township passed a one-year pause on data center proposals while it writes local rules.

Jan 16, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Saline

Saline City Council passed a 12-month pause on data center approvals so the planning commission can write rules. The mayor said big companies had asked about building on nearby township land and joining the city later.

Jan 12, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Sylvan Township

Sylvan Township, near Chelsea, stopped taking data center applications for 180 days, or until new rules took effect. No project was proposed.

Jan 2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Ypsilanti Township

Ypsilanti Township trustees unanimously changed zoning so big data centers are allowed only as a special land use in industrial and 'commercial revitalization' zones, and nowhere else.

Dec 16, 2025Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Pittsfield Township

Pittsfield Township trustees paused data center proposals for six months, though none were planned, because the zoning code did not cover them. In August 2026 the planning commission showed residents a draft data center zoning law.

Nov 2025Source

🤝 Agreement with the company · Saline Township

The township settled the lawsuit and the data center was allowed. Terms: a 55-decibel noise limit, no water-based cooling, no expansion, about 200 acres kept as open land, plus $4 million for farmland, $2 million for a community fund and $8 million for fire services. A resident later asked the court to throw it out, saying the vote was not public.

Oct 15, 2025Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Manchester Township

Manchester Township paused data centers for two years.

Oct 14, 2025Source

⚖️ Court case · Saline Township

Developer Related Digital and the landowners sued Saline Township, saying the denial was 'exclusionary zoning'. The case ended with a consent judgment (a court-approved settlement) in October 2025.

Sept 12, 2025Source

✋ Turned down · Saline Township

The township board voted 4-1 against rezoning farmland for a large data center. The developer sued two days later, and the township then settled (see the agreement record).

Sept 10, 2025Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Augusta Township

The township board voted to rezone 522 acres of farmland to industrial for a $1 billion Thor Equities data center, against its planning commission's advice. Voters overturned it in August 2026.

July 22, 2025Source

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