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Committee urges two‑year moratorium on data‑center development; refers measure to formal session
Summary
The committee voted to send a memorandum urging the mayor to implement a two‑year moratorium on data‑center development to formal session with a recommendation to approve, while asking staff to prepare zoning text amendments to address data‑center impacts.
The Internal Operations Committee voted to move a Legislative Policy Division memorandum urging the mayor to implement a two‑year moratorium on data‑center development to formal session with a recommendation to approve.
Member Benson, who sponsored the memorandum, said the pause would allow the city to craft zoning text amendments that define how data centers fit into Detroit’s zoning code and ensure rules are in place before large facilities arrive. "We need to have rules in place... text amendment to our zoning warrants to accommodate data centers," Benson said, adding that several Southeastern Michigan municipalities have recently enacted similar moratoria and that a related bill is pending in the state legislature.
Council members agreed to advance the item to formal session and to collaborate on drafting appropriate zoning language that would protect neighborhoods while clarifying where data centers can locate.
