We propose to amend the city charter to grant local zoning authorities the explicit power to regulate the physical footprint and density of data center developments within our municipal boundaries. This ensures that our residents have a direct say in how industrial infrastructure is managed.
 

Article XI, Section 11.05: Prohibition of Construction of a Data Center.

(A) The construction of a data center is hereby prohibited.
 

(B) As used in this Section, "construction" shall mean the erection of one or more buildings, infrastructure, facilities, and related activities, which include preparations and modifications for same, for a common purpose.
 

(C) As used in this Section, "data center" shall mean one or more buildings or physical facilities or infrastructure, located on a single real property parcel or on contiguous, adjacent, or otherwise aggregated real property parcels that:
 

(1) Are used primarily or exclusively for digital information services such as the management, storage, processing, and dissemination of electronic data and information through the use of computer systems, servers, networking equipment, and related components, including equipment cooling systems; and
 

(2) Has an aggregate monthly demand or peak load of greater than twenty-five (25) megawatts, however derived from any energy source, or a combination thereof.
 

(D) This Section is self-executing.