YPSILANTI TWP., MI — A township in eastern Washtenaw County has adopted new local rules limiting where data centers can be built. The change comes as Michigan experiences an influx of proposals for massive hyperscale data center facilities that would power artificial intelligence and other computing technologies.
Ypsilanti Township officials have decided to allow data centers only on land zoned for industrial and commercial revitalization uses. Would-be developers could propose a data center as a special land use in those zoning districts. Data centers will not be allowed on land in the township zoned for any other uses.
The Ypsilanti Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday, Dec. 16 to amend the township’s zoning ordinance to reflect the change in rules…