Council packet advanced a Technology Overlay to regulate hyperscale data centers, with 75‑acre and 500‑foot buffer rules

A UDO amendment on second reading proposed a Technology Overlay District to permit hyperscale data centers on contiguous sites of at least 75 acres, set a 75‑foot building height limit, impose a minimum 500‑foot buffer from residential districts, ban evaporative open‑loop cooling and certain cooling fluids, and require binding development agreements and noise testing.