Oro Valley is prepared to adopt zoning code amendments regulating data centers, to include a prohibition of all “large-scale” data centers using 20MW of power or more.
If adopted, Oro Valley “will be the only jurisdiction” among 13 researched in Arizona “to prohibit large-scale data centers,” according to a staff report from Bayer Vella, Oro Valley’s town planner.
The language was scheduled to go before the Oro Valley Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Oro Valley Town Council scheduled a special meeting and public hearing to consider regulatory code language Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. on the town campus…