The Data Center Divide
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Marengo Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Marengo Township has enacted a one-year pause on permits, approvals, and construction for data centers, making new projects and expansions harder. Existing centers may continue operating; the township could extend the pause by resolution.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Marengo Township.
current law · Marengo TownshipProhibits permitting, approving, locating, or building data centers in Marengo Township for one year, unless the township adopts data-center regulations sooner or extends the moratorium.Marengo Township Ordinance No. 2026-1, Data Center Moratorium
What this means
The measure would pause permits, approvals, and construction for all data centers in the township for one year, making new projects and expansions substantially harder during that time (one-year moratorium). It does not directly prohibit existing data centers from operating, but the township could extend the pause by resolution.
Timing
- Ends
- one (1) year after adoption, or earlier upon the Township’s implementation of regulations governing Data Centers
The moratorium is subject to a future extension by resolution. If extended, a landowner may apply for a waiver upon demonstrating immediate and irreparable harm.
People behind it
- Victor Potter
Township Board member who offered the ordinance.
- Todd Hazel
Township Board member who supported the ordinance's introduction.
- David Fountain
Marengo Township Supervisor who signed the adopted ordinance.
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- Deb Withee
Marengo Township Clerk who certified, recorded, and administered publication of the ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements4
Imposes a one-year moratorium on permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction, and installation of all data centers in Marengo Township, or until the Township adopts regulations governing them, whichever occurs first.
Allows the Township Board to extend the moratorium by resolution beyond the initial one-year period.
During an extended moratorium, a landowner may obtain a waiver only by applying in writing, attending a public hearing, and demonstrating that the extension would cause immediate and irreparable harm or violate applicable constitutional or other law.
The moratorium applies broadly to data centers and all like operations, including facilities and supporting infrastructure such as servers, cooling systems, generators, water-cooling or storage facilities, and utility substations, whether or not the use is specifically addressed in the zoning ordinance.
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If the Township extends the moratorium by resolution, a landowner may apply for a waiver by showing at a public hearing that the extension would cause immediate and irreparable harm; the Township Board may grant a waiver to the extent necessary to prevent that harm.
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