HOWELL, MI — Livingston County planners rejected a proposal for a massive $1 billion data center campus for an undisclosed tech giant to power artificial intelligence and other computing technologies.

The county Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday, Nov. 19 to recommend the Howell Township Board deny rezoning more than 1,000 acres in the historically rural community north of Ann Arbor.

The commissioners’ unanimous vote comes a day before a large crowd of concerned residents are expected to pack Howell High School’s auditorium for the township board’s meeting, which is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20.

Township officials are expected to consider putting a moratorium in place to pause for six months any consideration or approval of data centers, as they further investigate

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