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The Data Center Divide

Clark Township

Anti-Data Center Policies

Clark Township allows data centers but sharply limits where they can be built and requires permits, studies, and other steps; a temporary pause adds delay, making development difficult.

current law · Clark Township
Requires data center applicants in Saginaw and Clark Township to report resource use, address noise, involve the public, and follow permitting, zoning, and setback rules; it does not ban data centers outright.Clark Township Ordinance No. 2026-02 (2026)

What this means

The rules do not ban data centers, but they sharply limit where facilities can be built and require permits, studies, and other steps. A temporary moratorium adds delay, and the restrictions are described as making local operation unlikely, so development would be substantially harder.

People behind it

  • Approved the wording of the ordinance regulating data centers.

  • Passed the ordinance regulating data centers.

  • Will begin drafting data center regulations.

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  • Passed Saginaw’s data center zoning ordinance.

  • Proposed the Data Center Regulation Act, House Bill 5594.

  • Proposed House Bills 6135–6142 to regulate data centers.

  • Co-sponsored House Bills 6135–6142.

  • Proposed Senate Bills 1046–1051 to regulate data centers.

  • Introduced legislation for a moratorium on new data centers.

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  • Requires special land use approval and industrial-only siting.

  • Imposes noise, water-use and electrical-infrastructure standards and a 1,000-foot Lake Huron buffer.

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  • Retains a conditional pathway through special land use permits in industrial districts.

Sources

expired · Clark Township
Restricts 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

  • Approved the 12-month moratorium and later passed the ordinance regulating data centers. The board passed the ordinance; the board approved the moratorium.

  • 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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