Data center restrictions tracker · Michigan

Dundee Township, Michigan: data center moratorium (2025)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Dundee Township, in Monroe County, Michigan, adopted a data-center moratorium on December 9, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is expired.

Dundee Township, in Monroe County, Michigan, adopted a data-center moratorium on October 2, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is in force.

The records read: "180-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2025-12-09, since expired (Moratorium Nation)." "Dundee Township enacted a 90-day moratorium on data center development in October 2025 in response to Cloverleaf Infrastructure's proposal. The moratorium was extended six months in January 2026, carrying it through mid-2026. During the… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionexpiredDecember 9, 2025not county-wideMoratorium Nation (ALEA Institute)
Moratoriumrestrictionin forceOctober 2, 2025not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Monroe County. Dataset: moratorium nation. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Elsewhere in Monroe County

Michigan context

Michigan has 88 documented local actions across 84 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, Consumers Energy territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, November 6, 2025).

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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