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.
City of Garland
Neutral Data Center Policies
Garland defines data centers as facilities housing computer, telecommunications, and storage systems and lists them as a land-use category, but the available description does not specify where they may locate or what conditions apply.
current law · City of GarlandGarland Development Code Chapter 6, Article 1, §6.03 defines Data Center as a facility housing computer systems, telecommunications systems and storage systems.Garland Development Code, Article 1 — Data Center definition (current code)
What this means
This provision defines a data center as a facility housing computer, telecommunications, and storage systems, but does not itself set rules for building or operating one (data center definition). It identifies data centers as a land-use category, but the source does not show where they are allowed or what conditions apply.
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