Zoning Webinar Outlines Overlooked Front in Data Center Permitting Fights
Panelists discussed how to assuage community pushback with ‘common sense’
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2026 — While the widespread local opposition to data centers has drawn headlines, the role of zoning boards in settling and creating these controversies has gone largely unnoticed.
Panelists at a June 24 webinar hosted by real estate law firm Phillips Lytle suggested various ways to overcome the increase in zoning challenges created by local opposition to data centers.
