Microsoft Dorr Township · Data center profile

Permits

Permits checklist

2 checked, nothing on file

Township actions on record.

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Checked, nothing on file: Site plan, State air permit or utility contract

Risks

Why it stopped, what could revive it

High
Moratorium
A 12-month township moratorium has put the project on hold. News report · March 2026
Medium
Farmland opposition
Residents have protested the conversion of farmland and packed the December 2025 meeting. Dataset · Dec. 2025
Watch
No plan or utility
No site plan, timeline or serving utility has been named. News report · Dec. 2025

Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

No source names the serving electric utility for the Dorr site. News report · Dec. 2025
No state utility case or air permit for the site was found as of Oct. 2026; no site plan exists to permit against. News report · Oct. 2026

Money

Money on record

$48M+ land purchase, 2024 (press). News report · 2024

Not on record: local tax abatement or incentive: searched, Oct. 2026 News report · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

2024
Site Microsoft buys nearly 272 acres off 144th Avenue for more than $48M News report · 2024
Dec. 18, 2025
Site More than 50 residents raise traffic, power and water concerns at a township board meeting; the supervisor says zoning allows a data center News report · Dec. 2025
March 17, 2026
Permits Planning minutes record that the township passed a 12-month data-center moratorium Local government · March 2026
May 2026
Site Local press reports the Microsoft project is on hold under the moratorium News report · March 2026

The buildings

Specs

128 acres to be developed for the data center (press). News report · Oct. 2026

Commercial and industrial: existing zoning, which permits a data center, per the township supervisor News report · Dec. 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners

Microsoft: landowner and planned operator

Decision-makers

Dorr Township Board (Supervisor Jeff Miling)
Dorr Township Planning Commission

Opponents

Residents opposed to farmland conversion

Still unknown

Open questions

Site plan and MW.
Serving utility.
When the moratorium ends.

Where this comes from

25 records from 6 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 3Dataset 2Local government 1

Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (1)

Do not import Consumers Energy from Gaines/Lowell coverage; Dorr must be named by its own source.
“The company has yet to submit a formal site plan.”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C

Money and contracts (3)

Site acres: 272 acres
“The company purchased nearly 272 acres of land off 144th Avenue near the US 131 in Dorr Township in 2024 for more than $48m”
News report · 2024 · grade C
Land acquisition price: 48 USD millions
“The company purchased nearly 272 acres of land off 144th Avenue near the US 131 in Dorr Township in 2024 for more than $48m”
News report · 2024 · grade C
Microsoft purchased nearly 272 acres off 144th Avenue near US-131 in Dorr Township in 2024 for more than $48 million; about 128 acres would be developed for the data center (Wilcox Newspapers via DCD). Land is farmland,
“The company purchased nearly 272 acres of land off 144th Avenue near the US 131 in Dorr Township in 2024 for more than $48m”
News report · 2024 · grade C

Permits and government (6)

Dorr Township Board approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers; the Microsoft project is on hold while the township studies potential hazards. The Mar 17, 2026 Planning Commission minutes record the passage; Ottawa N
“In northeast Allegan County's Dorr Township, a third Microsoft data center was proposed, but is currently on hold after that township's board approved a 12-month moratorium on data centers.”
News report · March 2026 · grade C
Zoning status: parcels zoned commercial and industrial; data center permitted under current zoning per Township Supervisor
“Township Supervisor Jeff Miling informed them that the land parcel is current zoned as commercial and industrial, which permits a data center”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Dec. 18 township board meeting (50+ residents; traffic/electricity/water concern: Township board meeting held; no site plan submitted
“the land parcel is current zoned as commercial and industrial, which permits a data center”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Residents protested the farmland conversion and packed the Dec 18, 2025 township board meeting; concerns over traffic, electricity and water supply; protests reported over farmland conversion
“Preliminary stage with no site plan filed; protests have been held over farmland conversion concerns.”
Dataset · Dec. 2025 · grade C
More than 50 residents attended a Dec 18 township board meeting and raised concerns about traffic, electricity and water supply; Supervisor Jeff Miling told them the parcel is zoned commercial and industrial, which permi
“During a December 18 township board meeting, more than 50 residents attended and raised concerns about impacts on traffic, electricity, and water supply.”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Dorr Township Board of Trustees:
“During a December 18 township board meeting, more than 50 residents attended and raised concerns about impacts on traffic, electricity, and water supply.”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C

Site and other (3)

County code: 26005
“FCC Census Block API for site point 42.7247,-85.7478: Block FIPS 260050304041020; County FIPS 26005, Allegan County, Michigan”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Project status: on hold - 12-month township moratorium; land owned, no site plan filed
“Dan Beute advised that in the last Township Meeting there was a 12 month moratorium passed.”
Local government · March 2026 · grade B
Announced: Dec. 2025
“Microsoft has revealed it plans to develop a data center on land it owns in Dorr Township, Allegan County.”
News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C