Data center text amendment (Zoning Docket 036/26)
New Orleans
Description
Citywide rules defining data centers in four size categories with conditional-use review and a citywide ban on hyperscale facilities; the Commission recommended denial and asked for a longer moratorium.
Impact summary
If adopted, the rules would decide where data centers can locate in the city and protect ratepayers from big energy and water draws.
Applicant
- Name
- City Council Motion No. M-26-62
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. The council decides next.
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 13, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Planning Commission - Oct 13, 2026
Citywide rules defining data centers in four size categories with conditional-use review and a citywide ban on hyperscale facilities; the Commission recommended denial and asked for a longer moratorium.
City Planning Commission - Jul 28, 2026
A text amendment creating data center use categories and standards — including a citywide ban on hyperscale facilities — deferred to August 25 over a noticing error.
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