PITTSFIELD TWP., MI – While neighboring communities are awash in concern from residents over massive data center proposals, officials in one Ann Arbor-area township are pressing pause on allowing any such development for the next several months.

The Pittsfield Township Board of Trustees OK’d a moratorium on data centers during a special afternoon meeting Thursday, Nov. 20 — just hours before the township’s planning commission was originally set to host a now-canceled public hearing on a related draft zoning ordinance.

Supervisor Trish Reilly said the township hasn’t been approached by any developers looking for a site for a data center, admitting Pittsfield is more limited in greenspace compared to neighbors like Saline Township, where a proposal from ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has been f

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