Lexington County, SC

If you are siting or investing in a data center in Lexington-Fayette County, this ordinance dramatically narrows your viable zone options to I-1 and B-4 (conditional use only for minor facilities), and locks out major data centers from virtually every district — making early land/zone identification and conditional use strategy critical before this passes into law.

Lexington-Fayette County is amending its Zoning Ordinance county-wide to formally define and regulate data centers (major, minor, and server room) by establishing a tiered use classification — prohibiting major and minor data centers in most zones (A-R, A-B, A-N, B-1, B-2b, I-2, P-2, Heavy Industrial) and allowing minor data centers only as conditional uses in B-4 (Wholesale/Warehouse) and I-1 (Light Industrial), while permitting server rooms as accessory uses in office, business, and select PUD/ED zones.