The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Town of Addison
Anti-Data Center Policies
Addison requires special-use approval for data centers and imposes enclosure and parking standards, creating added approval and design constraints without a categorical ban.
current law · Town of AddisonAddison’s UDC contains targeted data-center land-use standards, rather than a separate building-code measure.Addison Unified Development Code, Appendix A (current code)
What this means
Data-center-specific special-use designation, enclosure rule and parking standard add approval and design constraints, without a categorical ban. General fees are not treated as data-center-specific regulation.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
The use table designates data centers for Special Use Permit approval in the listed districts.
Section 4.3.5.A requires all activities inside an enclosed structure, excluding generators.
The data-center parking rate is one space per 1,000 square feet GFA. General building codes, fees and procedures are not included as separate targeted provisions.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The data-center-specific enclosed-activity rule excludes generators. This is an exception to that rule, not an exemption from all other regulation.
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