The Data Center Divide
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Stockbridge Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Stockbridge Township has enacted a temporary pause on permits and approvals for data centers, delaying new projects and expansions for up to 18 months, or until the Township adopts data-center zoning amendments.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Stockbridge Township.
current law · Stockbridge TownshipPauses permits, licenses, and approvals for establishing or operating data centers in Stockbridge Township for up to 18 months, or until zoning rules are amended, whichever comes first.Stockbridge Township Ordinance No. 26-02 (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause permits, licenses, and approvals for establishing or operating data centers for up to 18 months, delaying new projects and expansions (temporary 18-month moratorium). It is a major obstacle, but not a permanent ban, because it ends sooner if the Township adopts zoning amendments addressing data centers.
Timing
- Ends
- eighteen (18) months after adoption, or when amendments to the Township’s Zoning Ordinance are adopted, whichever occurs first
The moratorium applies to permits, licenses, or approvals related to establishing or operating data centers. No extension condition is stated.
People behind it
- Becky Muraf
Moved to approve the resolution adopting the ordinance imposing a moratorium on permits, licenses, or approvals for data centers.
- James Wireman
Seconded the motion to approve the resolution adopting the data-center moratorium ordinance.
- Stockbridge Township Board of Trustees
Adopted Resolution No. 02 and Ordinance No. 26-02 establishing the temporary moratorium on data-center permits, licenses, and approvals.
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Imposes a temporary 18-month moratorium—or until amendments to the Township’s Zoning Ordinance are adopted, whichever occurs first—on issuing any permits, licenses, or approvals for establishing or operating data centers in Stockbridge Township. temporary eighteen (18) month moratorium
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