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Data Center Zoning & Siting

Data Centers & Crypto Mining

Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.

15% permissive40% moderate3% strict(255 locations)

How Data Center Zoning & Siting Rules Differ by Place

255 places covered8 strict103 moderate39 permissive

Chandler, AZ: Chandler Restricts Data Centers to PAD Zoning

Heavy Restrictions

Data centers may operate in Chandler only if explicitly approved within a Planned Area Development (PAD) zoning district. A 2022 amendment, Ordinance 5033, removed by-right siting in…

Anaheim, CA: Anaheim Data Center Zoning and Siting

Heavy Restrictions

Anaheim's Zoning Code has no data-center use class. Because the Industrial (I) zone's Table 10-A doesn't list them and unlisted uses are prohibited, the Planning & Building Director…

Menifee, CA: Menifee Data Center Zoning and Siting

Heavy Restrictions

Menifee has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use in its Development Code. Because the city's use table treats unlisted uses as not permitted, a data center needs a Similar…

Alameda County, CA: Alameda County Data Center Zoning & Siting (Unincorporated M-1/M-2)

Few Restrictions

Alameda County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. A data center is regulated only through general industrial zoning, the M-1, M-2, and M-P districts, plus Site Development Review…

Camarillo, CA: Camarillo Data Center Zoning and Siting

Few Restrictions

The City of Camarillo has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. A data center is sited in the M-1 Light Manufacturing or M-2 General Manufacturing zone…

Carlsbad, CA: Carlsbad Data Center Zoning and Siting

Few Restrictions

Carlsbad has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use. Data centers fall under existing computer and data-processing use categories, permitted by right in the P-M Planned…

Cities & Counties with Data Center Zoning & Siting Rules

191 locations

Alabama

Mobile, ALSome Restrictions

Arizona

Chandler, AZHeavy RestrictionsMesa, AZSome RestrictionsPeoria, AZSome Restrictions

California

Alameda County, CAFew RestrictionsAnaheim, CAHeavy RestrictionsBishop, CASome RestrictionsCamarillo, CAFew RestrictionsCarlsbad, CAFew RestrictionsCitrus Heights, CASome RestrictionsDaly City, CASome RestrictionsEl Cajon, CAFew RestrictionsEl Monte, CASome RestrictionsEscondido, CASome RestrictionsFresno, CAFew RestrictionsGalt, CAFew RestrictionsGarden Grove, CAFew RestrictionsInglewood, CAFew RestrictionsMenifee, CAHeavy Restrictions

Maryland

Harford County, MDHeavy Restrictions

Virginia

Fairfax County, VAHeavy RestrictionsLoudoun County, VAHeavy Restrictions

Washington

Snohomish County, WAHeavy Restrictions

Wisconsin

Middleton, WIHeavy Restrictions

Other Data Centers & Crypto Mining Topics

Data Center Noise Limits

Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against…

Data Center Moratoriums

Temporary pauses or outright bans on new data-center development while a locality studies impacts, including moratorium length, what triggers one, and which projects are grandfathered…

Crypto Mining Rules

Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.