The data center fight in Michigan City, Indiana
As of September 27, 2026, Michigan City, Indiana has a data center moratorium under consideration.
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
First reading held Sep 1, 2026; no action taken. Council considering indefinite moratorium as Google builds $832M data center. Strong resident support.
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read 2026-09-06
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
4 stories tracked since 2026-09-09 across 3 outlets. 4× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “Michigan City data center moratorium delay draws frustration during council meeting” (Indiana Public Radio, 2026-09-23).
- Michigan City data center moratorium delay draws frustration during council meeting
- Michigan City data center moratorium delay draws frustration during council meeting
- Residents voice hope with proposed data center moratorium in Michigan City
- Residents voice hope with proposed data center moratorium in Michigan City
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 4 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Indiana.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Indiana briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Indiana
- Merrillville (27 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-31
- Starke County (33 mi) — Enactedexpires 2026-12-15
- Marshall County (39 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Pulaski County (47 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-02
- Elkhart (48 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-12-31
- Fulton County (55 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-03-02
- White County (66 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-10-20
- Cass County (71 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
All 23 tracked actions in Indiana are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.