Data Centers Are Their Own Land Use

Do not force a hyperscale campus into office, warehouse, or generic industrial categories.

Traditional zoning buckets miss the operational profile

POWER USE COOLING

POWER GENERATION

CAMPUS SCALE

continuous large load MW scale + phasing

mechanical yards water / air / closed-loop

backup or temporary generators / BESS / islanded generation

multi-building buildout over several years

Planning lesson:

Define data centers separately, then decide scale tiers, approval path, and required information before the first application arrives.

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