Summary
The budget tentatively allocates about $1 million in anticipated data center revenue to fire, housing, facade, and neighborhood grants, plus $2.2 million for Project NOVA homelessness response. Some council members want these needs funded regardless of whether the data center deal happens.
At a glance
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Last discussed Jul 13, 2026.
Impact analysis
About $1 million in contingent data center revenue and $2.2 million for Project NOVA construction and operations.
Firefighters, homeless residents, and neighborhoods could benefit if the data center deal and funding materialize.
Residents could lose these proposed services if data center revenue never arrives, since needs are tied to contingent funding.
Mentions & discussions (13)
City Council - Jul 13, 2026
Council adopted a 182-day freeze on new data center permits and rezonings while it drafts permanent zoning regulations covering noise, water use, environmental impacts, and community benefit agreements. It follows the failed Deep Green proposal, which drew massive public opposition. Fifteen residents testified, mostly supporting the pause; a union plumber and a tech proponent warned it could cost Lansing investment and jobs.
City Council - Jun 22, 2026
The council introduced a six-month moratorium on new standalone data center applications while it works on zoning rules for them. Public hearing July 13.
City Council - Apr 20, 2026
Council Member Kost introduced a temporary moratorium on new data centers, citing concerns about water and energy use; it goes to committee with a public hearing to be set.
City Council - Apr 6, 2026
The city and Deep Green formally withdrew the rezoning and land sale for a downtown data center with a 16-megawatt natural gas fuel cell facility. Sixteen residents spoke during public comment — mostly demanding accountability, a data center moratorium, and better process next time. Council Member Nevarez Martinez announced she is drafting an ordinance to restrict data centers in commercial and downtown districts.
Committee of the Whole - Mar 30, 2026
The budget tentatively allocates about $1 million in anticipated data center revenue to fire, housing, facade, and neighborhood grants, plus $2.2 million for Project NOVA homelessness response. Some council members want these needs funded regardless of whether the data center deal happens.
City Council - Mar 9, 2026
Council set a March 23 hearing on selling the city lot at 200 S. Cedar to Deep Green and introduced rezoning 220 S. Larch and adjoining parcels from Urban Core to Industrial for the data center. Every public commenter opposed it, questioning fuel cells, community benefit, and transparency. The real decisions come April.
City Council - Jan 26, 2026
Roughly a dozen residents lined up against the proposed Deep Green data center near downtown, citing noise, water use, environmental risk, and the loss of potential alternative uses. The rezoning question is still ahead; no council decision was made tonight.
City Council - Jan 12, 2026
The council set a Feb. 9 hearing on selling three downtown parcels to Deep Green Technologies for $1.4 million and introduced a conditional rezone restricting nearby parcels to data center use. Supporters call it economic development; critics worry about utility rates, water use and losing land that could host housing.
Committee of the Whole - Jan 12, 2026
The city is selling three underused downtown parking lots for $1.4 million and rezoning them for a $120 million-plus data center that promises ~$800,000/year in new taxes and waste heat recycled into BWL's downtown loop. Final votes could come February 23 after hearings on February 9. Some residents are skeptical about noise, water use, and long-term value.
2 public meetings set ahead of Lansing City Council vote on proposed data center
2 public meetings set ahead of Lansing City Council vote on proposed data center Lansing State Journal
LEAP, Colorado firm revoke plans for $10 billion data center in Holt
LEAP, Colorado firm revoke plans for $10 billion data center in Holt
5 backed by anti-data center group win Mason City Council seats
5 backed by anti-data center group win Mason City Council seats
LEAP, Colorado firm propose $10 billion, 423-acre data center in Holt
LEAP, Colorado firm propose $10 billion, 423-acre data center in Holt
Related development
Z-3-2026, 220 S. Larch St. Conditional Rezoning
Approval flips a downtown-core parcel to industrial use; opponents warn it caps downtown growth and undermines the Design Lansing plan.
Act-7-2025 — Sale of Lot 49/49A, 200 block S. Cedar St.
If approved, the city gains $1.4 million, ~$873,000 in annual property taxes, and waste heat for BWL's downtown loop — but loses a downtown parcel opponents say could hold housing.
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