Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Shasta County, CA (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Shasta County, California.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Shasta County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Data Center Zoning & Siting

Shasta County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is treated as an industrial use and belongs in the Light Industrial (M-L) or General Industrial (M) district, where "data processing or computer services" is a permitted use. Redding, Anderson, and Shasta Lake set their own zoning.

Shasta County Data Center Zoning (M-L, M Industrial)

Some Restrictions

Shasta County, CA, Code Section 17.56.020(A)(7) (Light Industrial (M-L) District - Permitted uses)

Data processing or computer services, not including retail sales or repair of equipment

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Data Center Noise Limits

Shasta County has no standalone noise ordinance. A data center's cooling systems and backup generators are held to the General Plan Noise Element standard (Table N-IV): 55 dBA hourly Leq daytime and 50 dBA at night, measured at the property line of a neighboring home or other noise-sensitive use.

Shasta County Noise Limits for Data Centers

Some Restrictions

Shasta County General Plan, Noise Element, Policy N-b and Table N-IV (Noise Level Performance Standards, Non-Transportation Sources)

Noise likely to be created by a proposed non-transportation land use shall be mitigated so as not to exceed the noise level standards of Table N-IV as measured immediately within the property line of adjacent lands designated as noise-sensitive.

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