Marshall MI one-year data center moratorium (2026)

City of Marshall, Mich. (Calhoun County) — ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM on new data center development, approved UNANIMOUSLY by the City Council in August 2026. STATED CHARACTER, per city official Hackworth: the moratorium 'is not a vote for or against data centers' but is intended to give the city time to REVIEW AND STRENGTHEN ITS ORDINANCES before considering projects of that scale \u2014 the drafting-time rationale that characterises most instruments in this dataset. THE AFTERMATH IS THE REASON FOR A SEPARATE ENTRY: CREDIBLE THREATS WERE MADE AGAINST MARSHALL CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS over the data center dispute following the moratorium's passage. Councilmember RYAN TRAVER responded publicly that 'we are neighbors first' and that council members, PAID $300 A YEAR for their service, 'deserve better than this.' CONTEXT FROM THIS DATASET, which makes the escalation legible rather than anomalous: Canton OH data center zoning chapter (2026) records more than 50 residents speaking in unanimous opposition with dozens turned away from City Hall into the rain; Amherst OH Nordson campus data center variance denial (2026) records over 100 attendees spilling onto the lawn and around the block; Town of Janesville WI data center moratorium (2026) records a hearing relocated to a convention centre; Sierra County NM 18-month data center moratorium (2026) records more than an hour of public comment converting a non-binding resolution into an 18-month moratorium on the floor. Intense public participation is the norm in this policy area. THREATS AGAINST OFFICIALS ARE NOT, and this is the only instance located in the entire triage. It is recorded because the governance cost of these decisions \u2014 borne by part-time, nominally paid local officials \u2014 is a real feature of the 2026 data center record and is invisible in any register that indexes only the instruments themselves. MICHIGAN CONTEXT: Garfield Township MI data center and crypto mining ban (2026), Corunna MI data center zoning ordinance (2026), East Lansing MI data center moratorium extension (2026), Ypsilanti Township MI electric utility infrastructure moratorium (2026), Utica MI data center moratorium extension (2026) and Raeden v. Gibraltar MI data center moratorium challenge (2026) are all indexed.