Council pushes staff to separate small, large and hyperscale data‑center definitions
Members agreed definitions should distinguish small enterprise facilities from campus‑scale projects and asked staff to research megawatt and square‑foot thresholds used elsewhere before finalizing ordinance language.
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Council asked staff to produce three clear definitions—small-scale, large-scale and hyperscale—for inclusion in the ordinance and to bring back engineering guidance on megawatt and square‑foot thresholds. Staff said common practice splits centers by electrical design capacity and square footage and recommended the city use thresholds (for discussion) such as under 10 MW for small, 10–40 MW for large, and 40+ MW for hyperscale, with corresponding square‑foot ranges.
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