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City of Plano
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Plano allows small electrical substations on data-center-owned land to support operations, but this approval does not authorize building or expanding a data center.
current law · City of PlanoAmends Plano’s Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance to grant Specific Use Permit No. 75 for an electrical substation on approximately 0.7 acres south of Summit Avenue and west of Klein Road, within the Research/Technology Center district and 190 Tollway/Plano Parkway Overlay District.City of Plano Ordinance No. 2024-9-16 (2024)
What this means
The ordinance would allow a small electrical substation on land owned by a data center company, which could support its data center operations. The benefit is limited: it approves the substation, not the construction or expansion of a data center itself.
People behind it
- Aligned Data Centers (DFW) Propco, LLC
Petitioner proposing Specific Use Permit No. 75 for an electrical substation.
- Plano City Council
City legislative body that held the public hearing and adopted Ordinance No. 2024-9-16.
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Grants Specific Use Permit No. 75 for an electrical substation on approximately 0.7 acre at 345 feet south of Summit Avenue and 1,245 feet west of Klein Road, allowing this infrastructure use on the Research/Technology Center property.
Directs the City to update the official zoning map to reflect the approved electrical-substation use.
Makes the ordinance effective immediately upon passage and publication.
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