proportional to project scope and impact, and enforceable via Developer's Agreement.
Data Center: A building or buildings which are occupied primarily by computers and/or telecommunications and related equipment where digital information is processed, transferred and/or stored, primarily to and from offsite locations. This use does not include computers or telecommunications related equipment that is secondary and customarily incidental to an otherwise permitted use on the property, such as servers associated with an office building. This use shall also include cryptocurrency mining, blockchain transaction processing, and server farms, general computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) computing. The facility may also include air handlers, power generators, water cooling and storage facilities, utility substations, and other associated utility infrastructure to support sustained operations at the Data Center. A Data Center may include Data Center Accessory Uses.
Modular Data Center: A mobile pre-engineered and/or prefabricated building, complete with power and cooling infrastructure, used to house computer servers and network equipment.
Data Center Accessory Use: Ancillary uses or structures secondary and incidental to a Data Center use, including but not limited to: administrative, logistical, fiber optic, storage, and security buildings or structures; sources of electrical power such as generators used to provide temporary power when the main source of power is interrupted; electrical substations; utility lines; domestic and non-contact cooling water and wastewater treatment facilities; water holding facilities; pump stations; water towers; environmental controls (air conditioning or cooling towers, fire suppression, and related equipment); security features, provided such data center accessory uses/structures are located on the same tract or assemblage of adjacent parcels developed as a unified development with a Data Center. The use shall not include energy generation systems used or intended to be used to supply power to the Data Center during normal operations.
Data Center Electrical Substation: A facility used for the transformation or transmission and/or switching of voltages to distribution voltages which switches circuits and distributes usable/consumable electric power, specifically for Data Center users on the same or adjacent site, or on a site immediately across a road right-of-way.
Data Center Principal Building: A building that contains the office and/or data storage functions of a Data Center.
Data Centers can fall under the three four categories below:
Hyperscale Data Center: Consists of a singular structure or a campus comprising of a minimum of 100,000 ft 2 500,000 ft 2 and a maximum consumption of 200 MWs.
Major Data Center: Consists of a singular structure or campus comprising a minimum of 20,000 ft 2 100,000 ft2-and strictly less than 100,000 ft2