<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Michigan Data Center Report</title><link>https://midcreport.com/</link><description>Selected source notes. Publication dates refer to original sources; not a live feed.</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Data-center opponents press Lansing; lawmaker favors safeguards over a pause</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/environmental-coalition-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/environmental-coalition-september/</guid><description>WGVU reports that environmental groups returned to Lansing on September 22 to seek action on data-center rules, including a pause on new approvals. Rep. Joey Andrews instead favors moving regulatory safeguards and warns against discouraging investment. These are advocacy positions and pending proposals, not a newly enacted statewide moratorium.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mason seeks legal advice on declining data-center annexation</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/mason-annexation-review-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/mason-annexation-review-september/</guid><description>WKAR reports that Mason City Council requested an opinion on whether the city could decline land if the State Boundary Commission approves a landowner’s annexation request. The city also plans to publish related communications. This is a reported request for legal advice, not an annexation approval or a final ruling.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-M releases survey report on local leaders’ data-center views</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/um-local-leaders-survey-september/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/um-local-leaders-survey-september/</guid><description>The University of Michigan’s CLOSUP announced a new Michigan Public Policy Survey report covering local leaders’ views of large-scale data centers, perceived impacts, community support, state policy and local planning resources. This links to the research announcement and report; it describes officials’ opinions, not a poll of all Michigan residents or measured project impacts.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Detroit-based Walbridge announces data-center operations business</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/walbridge-l5-launch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/walbridge-l5-launch/</guid><description>Walbridge announced L5 Mission Critical, a Chicago-headquartered business offering data-center commissioning, operations, retrofits and project management. The company names Matt Landek as its leader. This is an attributed business announcement, not independent verification of projected demand or a new Michigan site approval.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nearly two-thirds of Michigan voters are against construction of data centers, poll finds</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/wdiv4-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/wdiv4-1/</guid><description>WDIV/Detroit News poll finds Michigan voters support one-year moratorium on building data centers in the state</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Benson posts proposed data-center moratorium</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/benson-moratorium-september-x/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/benson-moratorium-september-x/</guid><description>Benson’s post, reproduced by The Midwesterner, promises a data-center moratorium and environmental, accountability and union-labor safeguards if elected governor. This is a campaign pledge, not enacted policy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax-break repeal debate returns to Lansing</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/tax-repeal-debate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/tax-repeal-debate/</guid><description>WILX reports that Sen. Jim Runestad plans legislation to repeal data-center sales and use tax exemptions. Supporters and critics disagree about investment and transparency; the report does not establish that a repeal has passed.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saline construction and local rules advance</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/saline-weekly-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/saline-weekly-watch/</guid><description>The Sun Times News reports a construction milestone attributed to Related Digital, updated emergency-power procedures and proposed township rules. Its wastewater-permit discussion reflects the situation on August 27, not a verified final permit decision.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-21986: MPSC approves amended I&amp;M large-load tariff</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u21986-large-load-tariff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u21986-large-load-tariff/</guid><description>The MPSC’s August 27 release says it approved amendments to Indiana Michigan Power’s tariff for customers drawing at least 50 MW, including longer contract terms, minimum billing requirements and additional collateral. It also directs I&amp;M to propose a standalone large-load rate in its next general rate case. This is the Commission’s decision summary, not the controlling order or a verified current tariff sheet.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-22059: MPSC announces large-load emergency rules</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u22059-emergency-procedures/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u22059-emergency-procedures/</guid><description>The MPSC says it approved modified DTE emergency procedures requiring qualifying large loads to be shed before other customers when that would prevent their outages. This links to the Commission’s August 27 news release, not the controlling order.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Developer challenges Gibraltar’s data-center moratorium</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/gibraltar-moratorium-lawsuit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/gibraltar-moratorium-lawsuit/</guid><description>Reporting republished from MLive describes a federal lawsuit by Raeden Acquisitions and CAL Realty challenging Gibraltar’s development pause. Claims that the moratorium is unlawful are the plaintiffs’ allegations, not a court ruling.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nessel challenges approval of Saline power contracts</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/nessel-appeal-brief/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/nessel-appeal-brief/</guid><description>The Attorney General says her August 6 appeal brief challenges the MPSC’s ex parte review and treatment of customer-cost protections. These are the appellant’s arguments; no appellate ruling was verified in this research.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Whitmer calls for data-center pledge and statutory safeguards</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/whitmer-growth-pledge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/whitmer-growth-pledge/</guid><description>The governor announced an affordability and responsible-growth plan, asked companies to sign a pledge and called on lawmakers to codify utility safeguards. The announcement is not itself an enacted statute or proof of future bill savings.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nessel seeks stronger safeguards in Google power-contract case</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u22058-ag-google-testimony/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u22058-ag-google-testimony/</guid><description>The Attorney General’s June 11 release says her office filed testimony in U-22058 concerning DTE’s proposed contracts for Google’s Van Buren Township data center. Her recommendations include increasing minimum monthly charges and exit fees and tracking costs to protect other customers. These are an intervenor’s recommendations, not adopted requirements; a later Commission disposition was not verified.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>HB 5791: introduced use-tax amendment</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/hb5791-introduced/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/hb5791-introduced/</guid><description>The official introduced text says Rep. Miller’s bill to amend MCL 205.94cc was introduced April 14, 2026 and referred to Government Operations. This source verifies introduction only; later legislative action or enactment was not verified.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oracle posts Saline construction update</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/oracle-construction-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/oracle-construction-post/</guid><description>Oracle’s March 30 post says vertical construction is underway and describes financing and development as on schedule. This is the developer-side company’s claim, not an independent construction or financing audit.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proposed statewide pause: UpNorthLive report</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/upnorth-moratorium-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/upnorth-moratorium-video/</guid><description>This March 2 video’s description discusses proposed HB 5594–5596 and a possible pause through April 2027. The report describes proposed legislation; it does not establish that a statewide moratorium became law.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bridge Michigan shares moratorium reporting</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/bridge-moratorium-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/bridge-moratorium-post/</guid><description>Bridge Michigan’s February 2 post links its reporting on local data-center moratoriums and questions whether they will work. It is an authentic publisher post, not a legal finding that development pauses succeed or fail.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-21990: conditional approval of Saline contracts</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-approval-summary/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-approval-summary/</guid><description>The MPSC’s December 2025 release describes conditional approval of DTE’s special contracts, including additional customer safeguards and a large-load tariff filing requirement. This is historical background and an official summary, not the order itself.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-21990: DTE’s original special-contract application</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-original-application/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-original-application/</guid><description>Direct filing dated October 31, 2025 requests expedited ex parte approval of primary-supply and energy-storage agreements with Green Chile Ventures. It documents what DTE requested, not what regulators ultimately approved.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2024 PA 207: data-center sales-tax provisions</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/pa207-sales-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/pa207-sales-tax/</guid><description>The enacted amendment to MCL 205.54ee covers qualifying data-center equipment sales. The act records approval on January 17, 2025 and an April 17, 2025 effective date; eligibility conditions matter, and this is not a blanket exemption for every project.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2024 PA 181: use-tax amendment</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/pa181-use-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/pa181-use-tax/</guid><description>The enacted Senate Bill 237 amended Michigan’s Use Tax Act. Its official public-act text records gubernatorial approval on December 30, 2024; consult the compiled statute for applicable data-center exemption conditions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MPSC E-Dockets: search cases and filings</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/mpsc-edockets-portal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/mpsc-edockets-portal/</guid><description>The Commission’s official system provides access to documents submitted in utility cases. Use it to locate case records and notifications; this general portal is not a data-center filing or regulatory decision.</description></item><item><title>U-21990: official case-record landing page</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-case-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/u21990-case-record/</guid><description>Official case link for DTE’s special-contract proceeding, corroborated by MPSC and Attorney General releases. The page’s dynamic filing list did not load in extraction, so this is a navigation source, not a verified latest filing.</description></item><item><title>U-M research computing center: September 9 town hall</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/um-ypsilanti-town-hall-september-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/um-ypsilanti-town-hall-september-video/</guid><description>Michigan Public identifies this University of Michigan recording of the Ypsilanti Township meeting. Its reporting describes officials discussing the proposed Los Alamos research computing center and residents questioning water, noise and community impacts.</description></item><item><title>Southeast Michigan proposals meet local resistance</title><link>https://midcreport.com/record/wdiv-community-resistance-video/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://midcreport.com/record/wdiv-community-resistance-video/</guid><description>WDIV’s report surveys proposed data centers and residents’ concerns about water, power and noise. The retrieved transcript supports that topic summary; the exact video publication date was not verified, and its legal statements are not treated as legal authority.</description></item></channel></rss>