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.
City of Utica
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Utica has enacted a temporary 180-day pause on building data centers, which may delay or prevent new projects during that period; it is not a permanent ban.
Rating from Michigan statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for City of Utica.
current law · City of UticaExtends Utica’s temporary moratorium on data centers for another 180 days, pausing data-center construction in the city during that period.City of Utica data-center moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure would extend a 180-day pause on building data centers in Utica, delaying or preventing new projects during that period (“moratorium on the building of data centers”). This is a major temporary barrier, though it is not a permanent ban.
Timing
- Ends
- 180 days after adoption of the extension
The February 10, 2026 resolution established a 180-day moratorium, and the July 14, 2026 resolution extended the data-storage moratorium for an additional 180 days. The sources do not state an explicit calendar expiration date.
People behind it
- Brad O’Donnell
Moved the resolutions approving and extending the 180-day moratorium on building data centers in the City of Utica.
- Faith Terenzi
Seconded the resolutions approving and extending the 180-day moratorium on building data centers in the City of Utica.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The City of Utica imposed a moratorium on building data centers within the city for 180 days and later extended the data-storage moratorium for an additional 180 days.
Sources
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