Inglewood, CA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Dedicated ordinance
- None
- Zones
- M-1, M-2 manufacturing
- By-right
- Electronics/distribution/office use
- Permit
- Ministerial building permit
- Discretionary review
- Special Use Permit + CEQA
Summary
The City of Inglewood has no data-center ordinance and no "data center" use category. Data centers locate in the M-1 Light Manufacturing and M-2 Heavy Manufacturing zones by right, classified as electronics manufacturing, distribution, or office use under Municipal Code Section 12-32.
The following uses shall be permitted in the M-1 Light Manufacturing Zone unless otherwise provided in this Chapter: ... Any kind of manufacture, processing or treatment of products other than those which may be obnoxious or offensive by reason of emission of odor, dust, smoke, gas, noise, or other similar causes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4954608; v8 updated 2026-05-19).
Full Breakdown
Inglewood's Zoning Code (Municipal Code Chapter 12) does not name "data center" as a use. A server building sites in the M-1 Light Manufacturing or M-2 Heavy Manufacturing zone, classified into the nearest listed use - electronics manufacturing, a distribution plant, or an office use permitted in the C-2A, C-3, or C-S zones - and is permitted by right with a ministerial building permit. Section 12-32 bars any manufacture that is obnoxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, or noise, so a facility with excessive noise can be denied. A discretionary Special Use Permit triggers CEQA review; a by-right permit does not. Inglewood has adopted no moratorium and no study.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center outside the M-1 or M-2 zone, or one obnoxious by noise, is a Zoning Code violation enforced by the Planning Division through stop-work orders, citations, and abatement.
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