Maricopa County To Modernize Zoning Rules Around Data Centers

Barchart·12/17/2025 15:36:19

Arizona’s Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of modernizing county zoning rules, a move that will bring clarity to which districts' data centers are allowed in, as reported by the Phoenix Business Journal. The county’s new ordinance, passed Dec. 10, states that data centers will be allowed in two districts: IND-2 for general industrial uses and IND-3 for heavy industrial uses. It also states that land not currently zoned for data centers must go through the county’s rezoning process to gain special approval.  Maricopa County is home to 4.5 million people, according to 2022 census data, and is the fourth-most populous county...