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The Data Center Divide

Grand Blanc Charter Township

This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.

Mixed Data Center Policies

Grand Blanc Charter Township has enacted a one-year pause on data center applications while it reviews zoning rules, temporarily blocking proposals to build or expand facilities. The description does not say existing facilities must stop operating.

Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Grand Blanc Charter Township.

current law · Grand Blanc Township
Bars data center applications in Grand Blanc Township for 12 months while officials review zoning rules, unless the board changes the moratorium.Michigan Grand Blanc Charter Township Data Center Moratorium (2026)

What this means

The 12-month moratorium would stop the township from accepting data center applications while it reviews its zoning rules (applications are paused for one year). That is a major, though temporary, barrier to building or expanding data centers; the source does not describe a ban on operating existing facilities.

Timing

Reported one-year application pause, subject to shortening or extension by the board. Exact effective/expiration dates and subsequent amendments remain unverified.

People behind it

  • Passed and imposed the 12-month moratorium on data center applications.

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  • Reported moratorium rejects any and all applications until the period ends.

  • Board may extend the term; no actual extension is verified.

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  • Board may shorten the moratorium; no affirmative development entitlement is verified.

Sources

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