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.
How Data Center Zoning & Siting Rules Differ by Place
Chandler, AZ: Chandler Restricts Data Centers to PAD Zoning
Heavy RestrictionsData 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 RestrictionsAnaheim'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 RestrictionsMenifee 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…
Bessemer, AL: Bessemer Data Center Zoning Rules
Few RestrictionsData centers are a listed permitted use in Bessemer's I-1 Light Industrial district, meaning they can locate there by right without a rezoning or special-use hearing, subject to the…
Alameda County, CA: Alameda County Data Center Zoning & Siting (Unincorporated M-1/M-2)
Few RestrictionsAlameda 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…
Baldwin Park, CA: Baldwin Park Data Center Zoning and Siting
Few RestrictionsBaldwin Park has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use in Table 153.050.020. A server facility is sited in the I-C or I industrial zones, permitted by right under the…
Cities & Counties with Data Center Zoning & Siting Rules
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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.