Commissioners' Public Meeting, November 12, 2026
Approved: Acceptance of Data Center Interim Zoning Study and direction to staff, unanimous
What happened
On November 12, 2026, Missoula County approved Acceptance of Data Center Interim Zoning Study and direction to staff (unanimous).
Missoula County Commissioners unanimously accepted the Data Center Interim Zoning Study and directed staff to develop updated countywide data center zoning regulations (to be finalized after the 2027 Montana legislative session), work with the legislative delegation and others on…
- Jurisdiction
- Missoula County, MT
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- November 12, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Approved, unanimous
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Acceptance of Data Center Interim Zoning Study and direction to staff
Commission accepted the data center interim zoning study and directed staff to: (1) develop updated countywide zoning regulations addressing data center land use impacts, with final regulations completed after the 2027 Montana legislative session; (2) work with the legislative delegation, other...
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Acceptance of Data Center Interim Zoning Study and direction to staff
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Who spoke
20 distinct speakers; 2 identified names.
All speaker roles: 1 Chair, 3 Staff, 13 Public, 1 Commissioner, 2 Unknown.
Identified name roles: 1 Commissioner, 1 Staff.
Speaker sample: Spain Newman, Staff.
1 more identified name in Pro: 1 Commissioner.
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Zoning terms (9)
67 recorded timestamps
- industrial (9 timestamps)
- zoning (45 timestamps)
- residential (3 timestamps)
- land use (4 timestamps)
- approved (1 timestamps)
- overlay district (1 timestamps)
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