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Ypsilanti water system to consider 12-month moratorium on supplying data centers
The board says studies are needed before service begins, citing 500,000-gallon and 1 million-gallon daily water demands from proposed projects.
- On Wednesday, the Ypsilanti Township Board unanimously approved a resolution calling for a 12-month pause on water service to data centers to assess environmental and infrastructure impacts.
- The board's action follows a March 31 resolution opposing a $1.2-billion high-performance computing facility proposed by the University and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- Proposed facilities from the University and Thor Equities could use 500,000 and 1 million gallons of water daily, respectively, straining the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority's limited wastewater treatment capacity.
- YCUA Executive Director Luke Blackburn plans to address the moratorium request at the authority's April 22 board meeting while conducting studies recommended by the American Water Works Association.
- Because the University is exempt from local zoning requirements, township officials are using these resolutions to perform due diligence on environmental and capital planning impacts.
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Ypsilanti Twp asks utilities authority to impose immediate 12-month moratorium on water, sewer services for data centers - The Midwesterner
In an unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees passed Resolution 2026-08, formally requesting that the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority impose an immediate 12-month moratorium on water and sewer services for data centers, AI computing facilities, and high-performance computing sites. If the YCUA’s commissioners agree, the moratorium would include the controversial $1.25 billion University of Michigan and Los …
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Ypsilanti water system to consider 12-month moratorium on supplying data centers
The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday calling for a 12-month pause on providing water for data centers.
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