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.
Haring Charter Township
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Mixed Data Center Policies
Haring Charter Township’s data-center rules are labeled enacted, though the description calls them proposed; they restrict centers to one industrial district with special approval, large lots, setbacks, municipal utilities, and decommissioning funds.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Haring Charter Township.
current law · Haring TownshipTemporarily pauses data center construction in Haring Township for six months while officials develop permanent zoning rules.Haring Charter Township Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The proposed rules would make data centers harder to build: they would be limited to one industrial district, need special approval, and face proposed 100-acre minimum lots and 500-foot setbacks (key proposed conditions). They would also require municipal water and sewer and decommissioning funds, creating significant barriers, though the proposal is not an outright ban.
Timing
Reported six-month moratorium; October reporting says expiration is in January. Effective date, extension mechanism and later changes are unknown without primary text.
People behind it
- Mika Meyers PLC
The township’s legal consultants drafted the data-center ordinance; the article says the firm was consulted on developing a permanent policy. drafted by the township’s legal consultants
- Haring Township Planning Commission
Tasked with working toward a permanent data-center policy and scheduled to hold the ordinance’s public hearing and consider approval. talk to Mika Meyers PLC to develop a permanent data center policy
- Haring Township Board of Trustees
Unanimously approved the six-month construction moratorium and directed work toward a permanent policy; the board is to consider the proposed ordinance after planning commission action. unanimously approved the six-month moratorium
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- Marlene Whetstone
Asked the planning commission to consult the township’s legal firm to develop a permanent data-center policy. trustee Marlene Whetstone asked
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Reported six-month moratorium on construction of data centers. Exact application, permit and enforcement scope remains unverified without primary text.
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provisions: []; verification: No affirmative enabling provisions verified. The reported six-month term is temporary, but no approval entitlement or exception is established.
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