The data center fight in Taylor, Michigan
As of October 1, 2026, Taylor, Michigan has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Jan 2026).
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
1-year moratorium on data center development
SourceRoundup
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.
Recent news
15 stories tracked since 2026-07-09 across 11 outlets. 14× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 1× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “With US House control hanging in the balance, Wittman faces Taylor in contentious VA-01 race” (Virginia Mercury, 2026-09-21).
- With US House control hanging in the balance, Wittman faces Taylor in contentious VA-01 race
- Taylor data center faces state investigation over parkland conveyance
- Paxton investigating Taylor data center for potential misuse of land
- Texas AG's Office investigating land sale to data center in Taylor
- Paxton Begins Investigation into Planned Data Center in Taylor
- AG Paxton announces investigation into proposed AI data center site in Taylor over parkland concerns
- Paxton says his office is investigating proposed data center on deeded parkland in Taylor
- Taylor Township supervisors quizzed on proposal for data center at former mill site -
- Why a controversial data center dropped its annexation request in Taylor
- Taylor residents want county’s help to curb data centers
- Q&A: Taylor Goldenstein on the Unique Politics of Data Centers in Texas
- Data Center Proposal Delayed After Pushback From Taylor Residents
+3 more on the story tracker.
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 15 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 Michigan.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Michigan briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Michigan
- Allen Park (3 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Detroit (13 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Northville (17 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-06
- Ypsilanti (YCUA) (17 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-22
- Pittsfield Township (24 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-05-17
- Wixom (24 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-26
- York Township (25 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-12
- South Lyon (25 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-10
All 64 tracked actions in Michigan are on the state page.
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · 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.