Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Arizona (2026)
20 rules on the books across Arizona, 9 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.
Chandler
Heavy RestrictionsData centers may operate in Chandler only if explicitly approved within a Planned Area Development (PAD) zoning…
Read full rule →Buckeye
Significant RestrictionsData centers are a conditional use in Buckeye's Industrial Mixed-Use, Professional Office, Business Park, and both…
Read full rule →Glendale
Significant RestrictionsGlendale treats a data center as a conditional use almost everywhere it's allowed: Table 2.500-1 permits it only with a…
Read full rule →Goodyear
Significant RestrictionsGoodyear allows data centers as a principal use only in Industrial Districts, subject to site plan review, utility and…
Read full rule →Phoenix
Significant RestrictionsPhoenix requires a City Council special permit for data centers in the C-2, C-3, CP/GCP, A-1, and A-2 zoning districts…
Read full rule →Tempe
Significant RestrictionsTempe confines data centers to the MU-Ed, General Industrial and Heavy Industrial zoning districts, and only with an…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsSince Ordinance No. 5957 (adopted July 8, 2025), a standalone data center is allowed only in General Industrial (GI) or…
Read full rule →Peoria
Some RestrictionsPeoria's Zoning Ordinance defines a Data Center as a facility housing large computer systems and lets it in by right…
Read full rule →Data Center Noise Limits
Decibel caps on data-center cooling and backup-generator noise at the property line, how and when noise is measured, tighter nighttime limits, and how communities enforce them against continuous hum.
Chandler
Heavy RestrictionsChandler sets no fixed decibel cap for data centers; instead a data center's sound may not exceed the ambient baseline…
Read full rule →Goodyear
Some RestrictionsGoodyear folds its citywide noise-threshold table into data center review: mitigation must be built into approved site…
Read full rule →Maricopa County
Some RestrictionsMaricopa County has no decibel limit; Noise Ordinance P-23 uses an audibility standard. Data center cooling and…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsMesa data centers permitted as a principal use must be engineered so their operating noise never exceeds the…
Read full rule →Phoenix
Some RestrictionsData centers approved by special permit in Phoenix must hold sound to 55 dB(A) daytime and 45 dB(A) overnight at the…
Read full rule →Tempe
Some RestrictionsTempe's Zoning and Development Code requires data center generators to sit inside an enclosed, ventilated building…
Read full rule →Data Center Moratoriums
Temporary pauses or outright bans on new data-center development while a locality studies impacts, including moratorium length, what triggers one, and which projects are grandfathered in.
Chandler
Some RestrictionsChandler has not enacted a formal moratorium or numeric cap on data centers. Its 2022 zoning amendment instead acts as…
Read full rule →Mesa
Few RestrictionsMesa has not paused or capped data-center development. Instead of a moratorium, the city adopted Ordinance No. 5957 in…
Read full rule →Crypto Mining Rules
Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.
Tempe
Significant RestrictionsTempe classifies crypto currency mining and processing operations as data centers under its Zoning and Development…
Read full rule →Chandler
Some RestrictionsChandler has no cryptocurrency-mining-specific ordinance. A commercial crypto-mining facility housing networked…
Read full rule →Maricopa County
Some RestrictionsCryptocurrency mining rigs and server farms fall under Maricopa County's 'Data Center' zoning definition, restricting…
Read full rule →Mesa
Some RestrictionsMesa has no crypto-specific ordinance. Ordinance No. 5957's data-center definition expressly folds cryptocurrency…
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