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The Data Center Divide

City of Houghton

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

Neutral Data Center Policies

Houghton has enacted a temporary one-year moratorium preventing data center projects from being permitted or approved, delaying new construction and expansions. It does not identify new restrictions on existing operations.

Rating from Houghton County as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Houghton.

current law · City of Houghton
Prohibits data center development in Houghton for one year while the city develops zoning rules.City of Houghton One-Year Temporary Data Center Moratorium (2026)

What this means

The one-year moratorium would stop data center projects in Houghton from being permitted or approved while it is in force, making new construction and expansion substantially harder. It is temporary, and the sources describe it as time to develop zoning rules, so it is a severe but not permanent ban; they do not identify new restrictions on existing operations. The moratorium’s one-year term and scope

Timing

Ends
one year after adoption

The measure is a one-year moratorium on data center development while the city develops zoning regulations. No extension conditions are stated.

People behind it

  • Unanimously adopted the one-year moratorium on data center development within the city.

  • Houghton City Manager who drafted the moratorium resolution and administered the process of developing related zoning regulations.

  • Tasked with studying data center impacts and developing ordinance language during the moratorium.

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  • A one-year moratorium prohibits the permitting, consideration, approval, location, and/or installation of any data center facilities within the City of Houghton.

Sources

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