The Tucson Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a study session May 6 to review the current iteration of the City’s proposed amendment to its Unified Development Code establishing parameters for data center developments.
Multiple reports have shown Arizona as the state with the second most data centers in development around the country, second only to Northern Virginia, which is home to a large number of federal government installations.
As the sector has exploded, multiple counties and municipalities around Arizona have begun implementing zoning and land use restrictions, largely generated by resident and activist concerns about environmental impacts and power and water resource use. AZBEX has covered this trend extensively, and many of our articles are available here…