The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Bergland Township
Mixed Data Center Policies
Michigan offers equipment tax breaks to qualifying data centers, but some require major investment, job, water, and clean-energy commitments. Large electricity users also face separate rates, fees, and cost reviews; some must accept long contracts and minimum payments.
Rating and summary from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Bergland Township.
expired · Bergland TownshipRestricts where and how data centers can operate in Clark Township, making large facilities unlikely but stopping short of an outright ban.Clark Township data center and cryptocurrency-mining moratorium (2025)
What this means
The ordinance would severely limit data centers: it restricts where they can go and how they operate, making local development unlikely. Small facilities are allowed only in limited circumstances, such as as an accessory to a school or hospital, while the measure does not ban data centers outright.
People behind it
- Clark Township Board of Trustees
Approved the 12-month moratorium and later passed the ordinance regulating data centers. The board passed the ordinance; the board approved the moratorium.
- Clark Township Planning Commission
Recommended the moratorium and approved the ordinance’s wording before the Board of Trustees acted. The Planning Commission recommended the moratorium; it approved the ordinance’s wording.
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Reported 12-month moratorium on creation of cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers.
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