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Augusta Charter Township AI Data Center
Local residents of agricultural Augusta, south of Ann Arbor, are fighting a 800 acre AI data center by Thor Equities–and they’ve taken their fight to the voting booth.
Augusta Charter Township residents take AI data center zoning into their own hands
In Augusta Charter Township, an agricultural and residential community south of Ann Arbor, local residents have been fighting a 800+ acre AI data center project proposed by Thor Equities. The greenfield development required rezoning from agricultural to industrial–a rezoning which the township’s planning commission rejected, but which the board approved in July, in spite of the planning commission’s recommendation.
Local residents have been at odds with some members of the Township board.
Since then, local grassroots efforts have successfully petitioned a referendum on the board’s rezoning decision. Volunteer activists delivered nearly 1,000 signatures to the clerk, over 800 of which were formally verified. The issue of whether or not to rezone for the AI data center will now go to the ballot for voters to decide in 2026.
Project details:
- Developer: Thor Equities
- Size: 800+ acres
- Subsidies: CHIPS Act, Michigan Data Center tax breaks
- Water: 1 million gallons of water per day
- Energy: 100+ megawatts per day (equivalent to a small city)
- Neighborhood: agricultural & residential
- Status: zoning has been taken to a referendum, awaiting ballot vote
- Call to action: vote NO on data center rezoning!
- Connect with local grassroots: Facebook group Protect Augusta Township - NO to Data Center
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