Committee weighs how to treat colocation and small data centers

Sep 1, 2026

Staff described colocation (multiple businesses sharing a facility) and questioned whether small colocated operations should be treated as accessory uses or trigger full data-center classification; the committee raised concerns about where to draw the line.

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Staff member described colocation centers—facilities where multiple businesses colocate servers—and said the city must decide when such uses should be treated as full data centers subject to stricter review. "If you're in a hospital, you've got your own server... you're not doing anybody's off business," the staff member said, contrasting internal-use servers with colocated commercial operations.

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