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.
Pittsfield Charter Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
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Pittsfield Charter Township’s measure is labeled enacted, though its description says “if enacted”; it pauses data-center application decisions for 180 days, with individual hearings available for property owners seeking relief.
Rating from Washtenaw County as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Pittsfield Charter Township.
current law · Pittsfield Charter TownshipTemporarily prohibits the review or approval of new data centers in Pittsfield Charter Township for 180 days, unless the Township grants an exception.Pittsfield Charter Township Resolution No. 25-30 and Resolution No. 26-11 (2025-2026)
What this means
If enacted, the measure would pause consideration and approval of data center applications for 180 days, delaying new construction and potentially expansion. Property owners could seek an individual hearing for relief, but the moratorium would still create a substantial temporary barrier.
Timing
- Ends
- 180 days after adoption on 2025-11-20
The moratorium applies to consideration, review, approval, or other action on data-center applications and expires 180 days after adoption, unless terminated earlier by a subsequent ordinance or resolution.
People behind it
- Pittsfield Charter Township Board
Proposed and adopted the resolution instituting the temporary moratorium.
- Township Planning Commissioners
Assigned to study data-center regulation and help develop proposed zoning or code amendments.
- Township Planners
Assigned to study data-center regulation and help develop proposed zoning or code amendments.
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- Township Engineers
Assigned to study data-center regulation and help develop proposed zoning or code amendments.
- Township Officials
Assigned to study data-center regulation and help develop proposed zoning or code amendments.
- Township Attorney
Assigned to study the relevant law and help develop proposed zoning or code amendments.
- Trish Reilly
Township Supervisor who signed the resolution.
- Michelle L. Anzaldi
Township Clerk who certified the resolution’s adoption and compliance with the Open Meetings Act.
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A temporary moratorium prohibits Township entities, officials, and agents from considering or acting on data-center Zoning Compliance Applications for 180 days from November 20, 2025, unless ended earlier by a subsequent ordinance or resolution.
During the moratorium, no new data center may be accepted for review, considered, approved, or otherwise allowed.
An aggrieved property owner or business must use an expedited hearing before the Township Board to seek relief if the moratorium allegedly precludes all viable economic use of the property or violates state or federal law; relief is limited to what is necessary to cure the violation.
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An aggrieved property owner or business may receive an expedited hearing to challenge the moratorium if it would eliminate all viable economic use of the property or violate state or federal law. If proven, the Township Board must grant relief from the moratorium to the extent necessary to remedy the violation.
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