Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Massachusetts (2026)
3 rules on the books across Massachusetts, 3 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.
Lynn
Significant RestrictionsLynn zones data centers as an 'Indoor telecommunications' use, and the Table of Use Regulations allows it by right only…
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Significant RestrictionsSomerville treats data centers as an Industrial use under Zoning Ordinance §9.2.8.b, and Table 9.1.1 permits them in…
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Some RestrictionsNew Bedford allows data centers by right in its Mixed Use Business, Industrial A, B and C, and Waterfront Industrial…
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