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Local siting watch — 7 states
A free weekly email on what local governments in Ohio, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Georgia, Indiana and Virginia have scheduled on data center, battery storage, solar, wind and crypto-mining moratoria and siting rules: upcoming hearings and votes, new moratoria, counts and trends, with a link to every source.
Latest: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
36 upcoming hearings, votes and agenda items on local siting rules in the next 30 days across 31 governments — 15 in Michigan, 27 involving data centers.
- 36 upcoming items in the next 30 days (Ohio 3, Michigan 15, New York 6, North Carolina 4, Georgia 6, Indiana 2, Virginia 0): 16 moratoria, 11 zoning amendments, 9 siting ordinances.
- By use (an item can cover several): data center 27, solar 9, battery storage 5, crypto mining 1.
- No final actions (adopted, extended, rescinded) detected in the last 7 days.
- Trend: 14 governments took a pre-vote step last week vs. 7 per week over the prior four weeks; final actions 0 vs. 4 (the latest week fills in as minutes are posted).
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- Tuesday, September 29, 2026
36 upcoming hearings, votes and agenda items on local siting rules in the next 30 days across 31 governments — 15 in Michigan, 27 involving data centers.