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Sparks directs staff to draft data-centers zoning rules after public concern over energy, water and community impacts
Summary
After extensive public comment, the Sparks City Council voted unanimously to direct the city manager to draft amendments to Title 20 of the Sparks Municipal Code to change where data centers are permitted and add development standards for noise, lighting, water use and buffers.
Sparks City Council unanimously directed the city manager Sept. 22 to draft amendments to Title 20 to modify where data centers are permitted and to develop associated development standards and definitions for data centers.
City planner Sienna Reed told the council that Northern Nevada’s appeal to data-center operators — low natural-disaster risk, cool nights and available land — has left Sparks’ zoning allowing data centers by right in three districts, meaning some proposals can proceed after a…
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