Gibraltar, in Wayne County, Michigan, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 9, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Gibraltar, Michigan, City Council unanimously approved a year-long moratorium in March 2026, freezing a proposed 100 MW data center at the former McLouth Steel site (27800 W. Jefferson Ave.) by Raeden. The facility would consume as much… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | March 9, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Wayne County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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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.