Scope
The published Anchorage Title 21 use-regulations chapter (page footers dated June 23, 2026) includes a Data Center use in section 21.05.060: a facility or co-located facilities that house computer servers for processing and storing data. A facility of 12,000 square feet or less of gross floor area that requires less than 3 megawatts of peak electrical demand is a small data center; one over 12,000 square feet or requiring 3 megawatts or more is a large data center. Where the property is adjacent to a residential use or another designated noise-sensitive zone, a data center facility or ancillary equipment must be at least 200 feet from it, and the Director may waive this only for small data centers. A conditional use permit application must include a noise mitigation study and a written statement from the electrical utility that there is sufficient system capacity for the facility's projected peak demand. The use table lists Data Center with a C (conditional use) entry.
- Geographic scope
- Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Municipality of Anchorage
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- 23 June 2026
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Anchorage's published land-use code chapter 21.05 contains a Data Center use with a definition, small and large size classes, design and landscaping standards, a 200-foot separation from adjacent residential and noise-sensitive uses that the Director may waive only for small data centers, and noise-study and utility-capacity submittals for a conditional use permit. This record is the published code chapter, not the assembly ordinance that added the section.
What this does not establish
- The assembly ordinance that added the data center provisions was not opened. The chapter's history note for section 21.05.060 lists AO 2026-27AA (3-24-26) and AO 2026-61 (5-26-26) among amending ordinances but does not say which subsection each added, so no adoption or effective day is stored.
- The chapter is the municipality's published compilation of Title 21 with page footers dated June 23, 2026; it is not the enrolled ordinance.
- These are land-use standards for applications under the municipal code. This record does not establish that any data center has applied, been approved or been denied.
Unresolved questions
- Which assembly ordinance added the Data Center use to section 21.05.060, and on what day it took effect.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://www.muni.org/Departments/OCPD/Planning/Projects/t21/Documents/Chapter%205.pdf