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Planning commission adopts ordinance amendment to define and permit data centers with utility-capacity conditions
Summary
Rapid City planners approved an amendment to define 'data centers' and allow them in industrial zones, requiring applicants to demonstrate adequate electrical, water and sewer capacity at building permit and secure utility-provider agreements; commissioners raised concerns about municipal water limits and coordination with federal agencies.
The Rapid City Planning Commission on Nov. 21 adopted an ordinance amendment adding a definition for "data centers" and allowing them in light industrial and heavy industrial zones, subject to documentation of sufficient electrical, water and sewer capacity at the building-permit stage.
City staff described the change as a zoning clarification that places data centers in industrial zones "because they take up a lot of land" while noting that "they do need to provide documentation that, at the building permit stage, they're able to obtain adequate…
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