Jefferson County commissioners to hear data center zoning rule Monday
Ordinance 2026-14 would make data centers a conditional use in the Heavy Industrial zone
Jefferson County commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday on an ordinance that would set the permit required to build and operate a data center in the county, according to the board's Nov. 16 agenda.
Ordinance 2026-14, a county-initiated text amendment filed as AM26-0009, would add a data center section to the industrial uses part of the zoning chapter. It would also list data centers in the county's land use table as a conditional use in the Heavy Industrial zone, the agenda says.
The hearing is set for 10 a.m. and is listed as an action item. At 9 a.m., the board is scheduled to open gravel crushing bids and conditionally accept the low bid. A personnel executive session is listed for 1:30 p.m.
The agenda includes a Zoom link for the meeting.
Source: Jefferson County Commissioner Meeting Agenda, Nov. 16, 2026.