The data center fight in Ypsilanti (YCUA), Michigan
As of October 1, 2026, Ypsilanti (YCUA), Michigan has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Apr 22, 2026; documented end date 2027-04-22).
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
Utility-level: 12-month moratorium on water and sewer service to new data centers, unanimous. Blocks a \$1.25B U-M / Los Alamos computing facility; U-M has threatened to sue
SourceNews
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
7 stories tracked since 2026-08-17 across 6 outlets. 3× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 3× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. Most recent: “Ypsilanti officials consider data center ordinance proposal” (easternecho.com, 2026-09-28).
- Ypsilanti officials consider data center ordinance proposal
- Weekly Data Center Watch: Ypsilanti Township Residents Challenge U-M
- Ypsilanti Township residents oppose University of Michigan data center plan
- Ypsilanti City Council continues data center moratorium discussion
- Ypsilanti City Council set to address potential moratorium on data centers
- Ypsilanti Township issues land-use moratorium impacting data centers
- Ypsilanti Township eyes moratorium on power transmission to slow U-M data center
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 7 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
- Pittsfield Township (7 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-05-17
- Saline (10 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-12
- York Township (11 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-12
- Lodi Township (13 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-02
- Northville (15 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-01-06
- South Lyon (15 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-10
- Lyon Charter Township (16 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-08-30
- Taylor (17 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
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.