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Mesa staff propose zoning amendment for data centers, setting new design and operational standards
Summary
City staff told the Mesa City Council on June 26 that proposed text amendments would define data centers and add new development, utility and operational requirements, including separation from residences and initial and ongoing sound studies.
City staff told the Mesa City Council on June 26 that proposed zoning changes would create a formal definition and specific standards for data centers, a use the city says has rapidly expanded in recent years.
Staff described the text amendment package as a recalibration to address the “scale and proliferation” of modern data‑center facilities. City planning staff said 15 data centers have been constructed, approved or are under construction in Mesa in the past six years, representing roughly 1,500 acres and about 15,000,000 square feet of development. The proposed changes would add a specific definition, require approval of data centers only in the General Industrial (GI) and Heavy Industrial (HI) zoning districts via a Planned Area Development (PAD) overlay, and add objective development and operational standards in a new section of the zoning ordinance.
Key proposed rules staff…
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