Naperville, IL Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)
Key Facts
- Allowed district
- ORI district only
- Use classification
- Conditional use, not by-right
- Approval path
- Plan Commission + City Council hearing
- Governing section
- Naperville Municipal Code § 6-8B-3
Summary
Naperville allows data centers only as a conditional use in the ORI Office, Research and Light Industry district, requiring City Council approval after a public hearing.
The following conditional uses may be permitted in specific situations in accordance with the procedures outlined in Section 6-3-8 and Chapter 4 of this Title, as appropriate:
1.Data centers.2.General retail and services located within one of the permitted uses, including, but not limited to, day care facilities, drugstores, barbershops, beauty shops/salons, dry cleaning establishments, eating and drinking establishments, laundries, shoe repair, and tailor shops.3.Planned unit development.4.Public and private utility facilities.5.Hotels and motels having received approval as a conditional use prior to May 16, 2000; after that date, no new hotels or motels will be allowed as conditional uses in the ORI district.6.Colleges/universities. Colleges and universities established after August 7, 2007, shall comply with Section 6-2-29 (Public Assembly Uses) of this Code.7.Full service hotels.8.Vocational and trade schools, established prior to August 7, 2007. Vocational and trade schools established after August 7, 2007, shall comply with Section 6-2-29 (Public Assembly Uses) of this Code.9.Public assembly uses per Section 6-2-29 of this Title.10.Medical cannabis cultivation center per Section 6-2-29 of this Title.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 101).
Full Breakdown
Data centers aren't a permitted-by-right use anywhere in Naperville's zoning code. The ORI district is the only district that lists them at all, and only as a conditional use: a developer must file a conditional use petition under Section 6-3-8 and Chapter 4, go through the Plan Commission and City Council public hearing process, and satisfy required conditions on traffic, site access, building design, landscaping, and screening before the City will approve one. Outside the ORI district, a data center has no zoning path in Naperville.
Violations & Fines
Building or operating a data center outside the ORI district, or without an approved conditional use permit, is a zoning code violation enforceable by the Zoning Administrator, subject to stop-work orders and the Title's general penalty provisions.
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