Data centers may be built, expanded, or operated only after obtaining required zoning and land-development approvals.

Data centers are allowed only in the zoning districts and use classifications specified by the ordinance, rather than throughout the township as an unrestricted use.

Applicants must submit additional plans and technical information addressing site design, utilities, traffic, stormwater, noise, lighting, emergency access, and environmental impacts.

Data centers must meet site-design requirements, including specified setbacks, screening or buffering, landscaping, lighting, building placement, and other dimensional standards.

Data-center operations must comply with standards governing noise, vibration, lighting, emissions, equipment, and backup generators.

Applicants or operators must address water, wastewater, electrical, stormwater, and other infrastructure demands through the approval process.

Applicants or operators must provide financial security or other assurances for obligations such as infrastructure work, site restoration, or decommissioning.

Data centers are expressly recognized as a zoning use and may be developed in the districts identified by the ordinance, subject to the required approvals and development standards.

Related facilities and infrastructure needed to operate a data center—including electrical equipment, backup power facilities, cooling systems, utility improvements, and similar accessory facilities—are allowed as part of the data-center use, subject to the ordinance’s limits.

An approved data-center use may continue and may be enlarged or modified under the ordinance, provided it complies with applicable site, dimensional, utility, and other requirements.