The data center fight in Texas Township, Michigan
As of September 27, 2026, Texas Township, Michigan has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Jun 22, 2026; documented end date 2027-07-05).
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
Resolution 26-12, 12-month moratorium on data center developments including AI and cryptocurrency mining facilities. Planning commission to evaluate impacts on farmland preservation, infrastructure capacity, and environmental factors.
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read 2026-09-07
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.
Nearby in Michigan
- Porter Township (30 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-05-19
- Caledonia Township (36 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-07-01
- Hagar Township (38 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Saugatuck Township (38 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-11
- Lincoln Township (42 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-04-11
- Zeeland Township (42 mi) — Enactedterm not documented
- Lowell Township (46 mi) — Rejectedterm not documented
- Allendale Township (52 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-06-08
All 64 tracked actions in Michigan 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.