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.
City of Flint
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Flint has enacted a 12-month pause on applications and reviews for new data center construction, installation, and renovations; the measure does not expressly stop existing centers from operating.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Flint.
current law · City of FlintProhibits Flint from accepting or reviewing data center proposals for 12 months while the city develops data center regulations.Michigan City of Flint Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause new data center projects for 12 months, barring applications and reviews for construction, installation, and renovations (temporary moratorium and covered activities). That creates a major but temporary barrier to building or expanding; it does not expressly stop existing centers from operating, and the city would use the pause to consider future rules.
Timing
- Ends
- twelve (12) months after adoption
The moratorium expires twelve months after the Flint City Council adopts it, unless the Council subsequently extends the moratorium or establishes approved data-center regulations.
People behind it
- Candice Mushatt
Initially requested and pushed for the 12-month data center moratorium.
- Planning and Development Department
Assigned to review the zoning code and ordinances and recommend data center regulations during the moratorium.
- Legal Department
Assigned to review the zoning code and ordinances and recommend data center regulations during the moratorium.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
A 12-month moratorium bars data-center development within Flint. During the moratorium, the Planning Commission, city departments, and City Council may not accept, evaluate, process, consider, or approve permit applications, site-plan reviews, location proposals, construction blueprints, installations, or renovations for data centers or similarly functioning facilities. The moratorium may end when the 12-month period expires, unless the City Council extends it or adopts regulations governing data centers.
During the moratorium, Flint’s Planning and Development Department and Legal Department must review the zoning code and ordinances and recommend data-center regulations or amendments intended to protect residents’ public health, safety, and welfare.
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