Utica MI data center moratorium extension (2026)

City of Utica, Mich. (Macomb County) — City Council vote of July 14, 2026 unanimously EXTENDING the city's existing moratorium on any decisions related to adding a data center in the city. POSTURE: no data center is planned or proposed in Utica; Mayor Gus Calandino characterised the action as proactive. FORWARD WORK: City Attorney Linda McGrail stated at the meeting that she is already drafting a data center ordinance and will likely submit it once she has seen decisions from other communities — a deliberate follow-the-leader drafting strategy, which is a rational posture for a small municipality and mirrors Elma WA temporary ALPR moratorium (2026)'s deferral to a forthcoming state model policy in a different subject area. GAPS RECORDED RATHER THAN FILLED: neither the LENGTH of the extension nor the DATE OR TERM of the original moratorium is stated in any located source, so expires_date is null and this entry documents the extension vote rather than a defined window. MICHIGAN CONTEXT: Michigan lawmakers, local officials and residents renewed a push for a STATEWIDE data center moratorium in June 2026, and environmental groups were still pressing the legislature in September 2026; contemporaneous Michigan local instruments indexed here are Garfield Township MI data center and crypto mining ban (2026) and Corunna MI data center zoning ordinance (2026). NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH Utica, New York, a considerably larger city, or with Michigan City, Indiana, which was separately considering a data center moratorium in the same period over a proposed Google project.