The zoning code defines a data center as an establishment for storing, managing, processing, or transmitting digital data, but does not list data centers as a permitted or specially permitted use in the Master Land Use Table. Uses not listed in the table are expressly prohibited.

A moratorium barred approval of new data-processing-center projects and expansion of existing approved data-processing centers, including cryptocurrency mining, blockchain authentication, artificial-intelligence processing, general data computing, processing and storage, and similar large-scale electronic centers. The moratorium lasted one year, could be extended in six-month increments for up to two years total, and the source states that it expired on September 17, 2025.

In districts other than residential districts, new construction exceeding 650 square feet or $5,000 in total cost requires site-plan review and Town Board approval; smaller projects may be reviewed by the Building Inspector, but must be referred for site-plan review if they would substantially affect drainage or the Comprehensive Plan.

Data-center construction or structural alteration requires a building permit, and the premises cannot be occupied or used until a certificate of occupancy is issued.

Applicants may be required to reimburse the Town for engineering, planning, legal, technical, environmental, and other consultant costs, and must deposit an escrow before an application requiring consultant review is deemed complete.

Projects subject to the stormwater rules cannot be reviewed or commenced without an approved stormwater pollution prevention plan when the activity falls under the State construction-stormwater permit requirements; the applicant may also incur review, inspection, performance-guarantee, and maintenance costs.