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.
Weber County
Pro-Data Center Policies
Weber County permits data centers and related services in several manufacturing zones, reducing uncertainty about locating there. The measure offers no financial incentives or data-center-specific operating rules.
current law · Unincorporated areas zoned M-T (Manufacturing and Technology)This applicant-initiated zoning text amendment proposed adding “Data Services: Data Centers, Data Warehousing, Data Processing” as a permitted use in the M-T Manufacturing and Technology zone.Weber County ZTA 2023-05 (2023)
What this means
The measure makes data centers and related services a permitted use in several manufacturing zones, reducing zoning uncertainty and barriers to locating there (“Data services”). It does not provide financial incentives or add data-center-specific operating rules, so the benefit is meaningful but limited.
People behind it
- Daniel Stephens – The Black Pine Group
Identified as the applicant for the applicant-initiated zoning text amendment.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Data services are marked not permitted in the MV zone; the table marks them permitted in the M-T, M-1, M-2, and M-3 zones.
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The amendment makes data centers, data warehousing, and data processing permitted uses in the M-T zone, easing land-use approval compared with a conditional use. The allowance is limited to that zoning designation and does not state that other required approvals are waived. as a permitted use in the M-T zone
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