The data center fight in Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw has a data center moratorium whose documented term has run out on this tracker. 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
6-month moratorium on data center development
Source
read 2026-08-13
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
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 Michigan.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Michigan briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Elsewhere in Michigan
- Meridian Township — Enactedexpires 2026-11-19
- Washington Township (Macomb Co.) — Enactedexpires 2026-11-23
- Rochester Hills — Enactedexpires 2027-03-15
- Flint — Enactedexpires 2027-06-08
- Ypsilanti (YCUA) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-22
- Wixom — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-09-24
- Saline — Enactedexpires 2027-01-12
- Grand Blanc Township — Enactedexpires 2027-01-21
- Manchester Township — Enactedexpires 2027-10-14
- Armada Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-07-13
- Green Charter Township — Enactedexpires 2026-12-09
- Pittsfield Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-05-17
- Howell Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-05-20
- Northville — Enactedexpires 2027-01-06
- Pontiac — Expiredterm ran to 2026-07-21
- Sterling Heights — Enactedexpires 2027-02-04
- South Lyon — Enactedexpires 2027-02-10
- Taylor — Enacted
- Tyrone Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-06-01
- Dundee Township — Enacted
- Sylvan Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-07-22
- Lodi Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-02
- York Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-12
- Hayes Township — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-09
- Springfield Township — Enacted
- Village of Romeo — Enacted
- Solon Township — Enacted
- Big Rapids Township — Enactedexpires 2027-02-23
- Lenox Township — Enacted
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.