Town Council has directed staff to tweak enhanced regulations proposed for data centers in Gilbert and return in two months for action.
Council was scheduled Oct. 20 to approve the proactive regulations that include banning open-loop evaporative cooling systems and limiting data centers to Light Industrial- and General Industrial-zoned lands.
The regulations also would require a 650-foot setback from residential and prohibit the Town from giving its potable water to principal data centers for cooling…