The Lyndon Township Planning Commission in neighboring Washtenaw County will hold a public hearing on proposed zoning rules governing data centers, high-resource-demand facilities and power-generation facilities.
The hearing is set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at Township Hall, 17751 N. Territorial Road in Chelsea. It comes as the township remains under a 12-month data center moratorium, which took effect May 27. Under the moratorium, the township cannot issue permits, licenses or approvals for data centers until May 27, 2027, or until permanent regulations take effect, whichever comes first.
The proposed amendment would create separate classifications and standards for data centers, power-generation facilities and other high-resource-demand operations, revising definitions in the township’s zoning ordinance…