Fremont, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Classified as
- Information use, data processing/hosting
- Districts
- I-S, I-T, I-G industrial
- Permit level
- By-right, plus design review
- CEQA
- Applies to discretionary approvals
Summary
Fremont has no dedicated data-center ordinance. A data center is classified as "data processing and hosting" within the Information use (NAICS 51), permitted by right in all three industrial districts - Service (I-S), Tech (I-T), and General (I-G) - subject to hazardous-materials review and mandatory design review.
Information (e.g., newspaper and book publishing, software publishing, motion picture and sound recording studios, radio and television broadcasting, and data processing and hosting) excluding telecommunication facilities
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Fremont's Zoning Ordinance (Municipal Code Title 18) names no "data center" use. Table 18.50.090 places "data processing and hosting" inside the Information category (NAICS 51), permitted by right in the I-S, I-T, and I-G industrial districts, subject to note 5 high-intensity hazardous-materials review under Section 18.190.220. Telecommunication facilities are excluded and regulated separately in Chapter 18.190. Every industrial development requires a design review permit under Section 18.50.050(j), and discretionary approvals trigger CEQA. Uses not listed are prohibited unless a finding of similarity is approved under Chapter 18.250. Fremont has adopted no data-center moratorium.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center outside an industrial district, without the required design review permit, or beyond the Section 18.50.040 performance standards is a zoning violation enforced by the building official through citations and abatement.
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