The Data Center Divide
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Village of Mattawan
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Mattawan has enacted a pause on data-center permits, approvals, construction, and installation until regulations are adopted or for up to three years. Meeting minutes say two years, while the ordinance allows up to three.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Village of Mattawan.
current law · Village of MattawanTemporarily prohibits permitting, approving, locating, or building data centers in the Village until data-center regulations are adopted.Mattawan Ordinance 2026-0824 (2026)
What this means
The ordinance would pause permitting, approval, construction, and installation of all data centers until regulations are adopted or up to three years, making new projects substantially harder to build. The minutes record a vote for two years, but the ordinance’s operative section says up to three years (moratorium provision).
Timing
- Ends
- the earlier of three years, or the Village’s implementation of regulations governing Data Centers
Section 3 establishes the moratorium for the earlier of three years or implementation of regulations. The ordinance title and meeting minutes refer to two years, creating an apparent inconsistency; no specific calendar expiration date is stated.
People behind it
- Village of Mattawan
Municipal government that enacted the Data Center Moratorium.
- Daniel
Moved to adopt the data center moratorium.
- Streeter
Seconded the motion to adopt the data center moratorium.
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- Attorney Graham
Identified in the meeting minutes as responsible for the data center moratorium item.
- Jolie Storm-Artis
Village Clerk who certified the adopted ordinance.
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Imposes a temporary moratorium on permitting, considering, approving, locating, erecting, constructing, or installing any data center in the Village. Section 3 sets the moratorium to end at the earlier of three years or the Village’s implementation of data-center regulations; the meeting minutes record the Council’s motion as adopting a two-year moratorium.
Applies the moratorium to all like operations, whether or not they are referenced in the Village Zoning Ordinance.
Gives the Village sole authority to determine whether an operation qualifies as a data center.
Defines data centers broadly to include associated air handlers, power generators, water-cooling and storage facilities, utility substations, and other utility infrastructure supporting sustained operations.
Takes effect immediately after publication, allowing the moratorium to restrict covered data-center activity without an additional implementation period.
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