On May 18, 2026, the Norvell Township Board adopted Resolution 2026-06 imposing up to a 12‑month moratorium on permits, licenses, rezonings, and approvals for data centers, including cryptocurrency mining and AI-related facilities. The resolution explicitly petitions the Township Planning Commission to consider and develop new regulations for data centers, and notes that the Zoning Ordinance and Master Plan will need to be reviewed and potentially amended to address electrical, water, and land‑use impacts. This creates a defined planning window in which the township will be working through policy, zoning text, and master plan changes around large IT infrastructure uses. No planning or legal consultant is named, so outside planning, zoning, legal, and technical advisors can position services to help draft ordinances, perform impact analysis, and guide public engagement. Vendors should time outreach around the moratorium’s 12‑month period and potential 6‑month extension as the Planning Commission shapes recommendations for eventual adoption by the Board.

Resolution is grounded in Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Section 16.11 Temporary Moratoriums of th...