OIX's Ilissa Miller: Preparing Communities for AI Data Centers

Most U.S. municipalities lack zoning frameworks for data centers, and OIX's new planning tool aims to close that gap before projects arrive.

• OIX framework debuts: Open Infrastructure Exchange has workshopped a Digital Infrastructure Framework for roughly a year to give municipal planners structured questions for evaluating data centers before projects arrive.
• Zoning gap widespread: Miller says most communities don't list data centers as an acceptable land use even on already-industrial parcels, forcing developers into conditional-use permit processes amid public confusion.

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