Forney council tightens data-center rules, bars them from new planned developments

Sep 3, 2026

Council approved an ordinance tightening data center siting rules: a 5,000-foot minimum buffer from residential properties, limiting data centers to the light-industrial zoning district as conditional uses, and prohibiting listing data centers as an approved or conditional use within future planned development overlay districts (one existing PD remains grandfathered).

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The Forney City Council on Tuesday approved an amendment to the city's comprehensive zoning ordinance that narrows where data centers may locate in the city.

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