Local Ordinances to Help Bring Data Centers into Alignment with Climate Goals
October 2025
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https://www.georgetownclimate.org/files/Local-Ordinances-Report/GCC_Local_Ordinances_Data_Centers_2025.pdf
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This guide discusses zoning overlay zones as a strategy for reducing the environmental impacts of data centers. It provides recommendations for implementing a data center overlay zone that includes provisions around energy use. The guide also examines a previous data center overlay zone in Prince William County and provides direction for future planning efforts.

