Michigan Data Centers: The Weekly Download

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 233

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

New Developments

Garfield Township in Grand Traverse County has instituted a yearlong moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining Vivian La of Grist and Interlochen Public Radio reports.
The developers of a proposed data center on the former McLouth Steel Site in Gibraltar are suing the city over its March decision to institute a one-year moratorium on data center development, Planet Detroit’s Brian Allnutt reports.

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