Zeeland Township, in Ottawa County, Michigan, adopted a data-center moratorium on January 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Zeeland Township's planning commission approved a one-year moratorium on data center applications in early 2026 while developing regulations for large-scale energy projects. The moratorium is part of Michigan's broader data center… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | January 1, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Ottawa 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.