Instead of just voting to update the map, the township board actually voted to rezone about 575 acres for light industrial use. The vote was a mistake because the data center is moving forward under a lawsuit settlement, not through typical rezoning. A court-ordered consent judgment allows the data center to use the land no matter how it is zoned. Attorneys representing the township and data center stakeholders offered lengthy explanations of the complexities of the situation Wednesday night. People against the data center and legal defense fund set up to help residents fight it had interpreted it differently.