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A clear, plain-language glossary explaining the energy, water, land use and policy terms driving Michigan’s data center boom — plus links to WKAR’s full coverage of projects in Lansing, Saline Township, Howell Township and across the state.
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Andrew Roth/WKAR-MSUThe city of East Lansing won’t be able to consider or approve any prospective data center proposals for the next six months while it evaluates its zoning ordinances. -
Kevin Meerschaert/WEMUMichiganders are expressing frustration with the public service commission for its silence on the data center debate.
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Lansing residents will have opportunities to weigh in on a proposed downtown data center and tighter regulations for liquor stores during upcoming public hearings. -
Michigan's Zoning Enabling Act doesn't allow local governments to ban data centers as a land use, but there are ways to constrain or regulate developments. -
The Lansing Planning Commission is recommending approval of a rezoning request for a data center development downtown, reversing course on a previous vote.
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Mason's M-3 zoning ordinance aims to regulate potential data center developments. -
DTE’s data center pipeline could equal six nuclear plants, raising new questions about Michigan’s electric grid capacity. -
A statewide tracker of Michigan data center moratoria, House bills, utility decisions and electric grid impacts. -
Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Michigan are sponsoring a House Bill package that would bring a temporary halt to new data centers across the state. -
DTE says it is negotiating roughly 3 gigawatts in additional data center projects, with at least one large agreement expected soon. As utilities move ahead, Michigan communities continue drafting zoning rules and weighing moratoriums. -
A petition effort to force a public vote on Mason’s data center ordinance enters its final weekend, with organizers racing to meet the required signature threshold. -
The city of Mason has new regulations for potential data center developments, but some residents and community members want nothing to do with the facilities.
