Glendale, AZ Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- C-1 / PR districts
- Prohibited
- C-2 / C-3 districts
- Conditional Use Permit required
- B-P / M-1 / M-2 districts
- Conditional Use Permit required
- Parking
- Parking Justification Study required (§ 35.4.005(E))
- Definition
- § 35.8.003
Summary
Glendale treats a data center as a conditional use almost everywhere it's allowed: Table 2.500-1 permits it only with a Conditional Use Permit in the C-2 and C-3 commercial districts, and Table 2.700-1 requires the same CUP in all three Business/Industrial districts (B-P, M-1, M-2).
Data Center: A facility whose primary service is data processing and is used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems, including but not limited to web hosting organizations and internet service organizations. A server farm, telecom hotel, carrier hotel, telco hotel, telehouse co-location center, or any other term applicable to facilities which are used for these specified purposes shall be deemed to be a data center. [...] Table 2.500-1: C-1 C-2 C-3 PR. Data Center X C C X. [...] Table 2.700-1: Table of Allowed Uses for Business/Industrial Districts. B-P M-1 M-2. Data Center C C C
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 115).
Full Breakdown
003 defines a 'Data Center' as a facility whose primary service is data processing, used to house computer systems and associated components such as telecommunications and storage systems, including web hosting and internet service organizations, and the definition sweeps in a server farm, telecom hotel, carrier hotel, telco hotel, or telehouse co-location center under the same term. 502), a data center is prohibited outright (X) in the C-1 Limited Commercial and PR Pedestrian Retail districts, but allowed with a Conditional Use Permit (C) in C-2 General Commercial and C-3 Heavy Commercial.
702), the Business/Industrial districts treat it the same way across the board: B-P (Business Park), M-1 (Light Industrial), and M-2 (Heavy Industrial) all require a Conditional Use Permit (C) rather than allowing it by right. 208's conditional use review process. 000-2.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center anywhere in Glendale without an approved Conditional Use Permit under Section 35.6.208, or in the C-1 or PR districts where it's flatly prohibited, is a Unified Development Code violation. Absent a use-specific fine in Title 35, Section 1-7's general penalty controls: a Class 1 misdemeanor with each day of the violation a separate offense, plus the City's option to pursue it as a civil code infraction in City Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
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