Council addresses data center ordinance
A plan for regulating data centers was included in a zoning ordinance amendment adopted by the Minot City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The regulations limit data centers and energy conversion facilities to the heavy industry park in east Minot and require companies to obtain permits from the Minot Planning Commission, which could include stipulations, particularly related to electricity use and sewer and water use agreements, light and noise. Doug Diedrichsen, principal planner for the city, said if a company applied for a data center now, the city’s code would place it in the same ...
