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 Manassas
Anti-Data Center Policies
Manassas’s enacted ordinance is described as requiring noise studies, screening, and greater setbacks for new data centers in industrial zones, though the description uses future-tense wording.
current law · City of ManassasPending proposal; final adoption is unverified.Manassas City Ordinance O-2026-455 (2026)
What this means
The measure would add meaningful design and siting requirements for new data centers in Manassas’s industrial zones, including noise studies, equipment screening, and greater setbacks from homes and other sensitive places (new development standards). These rules could raise costs and make projects harder to approve, but they do not ban data centers or prevent existing facilities from operating.
People behind it
- Manassas City Council
Approves first reading
- Matt Arcieri
Community Development Director
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Proposes pre-construction noise studies.
Proposes 20% glazing, screening, and larger setbacks; final adoption is unverified.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions2
Proposed codification could improve predictability: codify some of the items that we have been able to negotiate.
Proposal includes provisions for periodic review.
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