Kern County has no dedicated data center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is an industrial use, sited in the M-1, M-2, or M-3 districts under Zoning Ordinance Title 19, cleared through a Planning Director plot plan review and CEQA. Bakersfield, Delano, and Ridgecrest set their own zoning.
Unincorporated Kern County regulates data centers only through its general Zoning Ordinance (Title 19), not a data-center chapter. A server or computing facility is not a named use, so the Planning Director classifies it as a similar industrial use under Sections 19.08.030 through 19.08.080 and places it in the M-1 Light Industrial (Chapter 19.36), M-2 Medium Industrial (Chapter 19.38), or M-3 Heavy Industrial (Chapter 19.40) district. Permitted industrial uses require a plot plan review approved by the Planning Director under Chapter 19.80 before any grading or building permit issues (Section 19.80.040). The county's vast unincorporated oil, ag, and industrial land gives real siting capacity, but a discretionary approval triggers CEQA review.
Building or expanding a data center in unincorporated Kern County without an approved Chapter 19.80 plot plan review, any required conditional use permit, or CEQA clearance stalls approval and draws county code enforcement until the project conforms.
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