HOWELL TWP., MI – If officials in one Michigan community stood against the potential development of a massive data center, local residents say they’d have their back.

On Monday night, however, members of the Howell Township Board didn’t get the chance to consider voting either way.

Rezoning for a controversial “hyperscale” AI data center proposed in the township — reportedly backed by Facebook and Instagram owner Meta — was withdrawn Monday, Dec. 8, from the board’s agenda.

Howell Township Supervisor Mike Coddington said the call to pull the rezoning application and an accompanying text amendment first came late in the afternoon Friday before the withdrawal was confirmed over the weekend into early Monday.

“I came to vote tonight. I’m sort of glad that we don’t have to,” Trustee Tim

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