Committee Guide
The committee’s job, practical sequence, meeting order, and recordkeeping rules.
Read the guide →Public working library
Evidence first.
One public record.
Committee guides, research drafts, planning tools, source documents, and a factual log of project communications, kept together for committee members and the public.
Committee meetings: September 17 and September 28, 2026 summaries and unofficial transcripts.
Founding mandate
Purpose and Charge
The Board of Supervisors established this committee and set its work in two short sections of the founding documents.
2Purpose
The purpose of the DCAC shall be to advise the Board of Supervisors on potential land use and zoning options relating to data center development within the unincorporated areas of Imperial County.
3Charge
The DCAC shall evaluate and provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding potential land use, zoning, and policy options relating to data center development within the unincorporated areas of Imperial County.
In carrying out its Charge, the DCAC shall evaluate and make recommendations regarding the following:
- Potential amendments to the Imperial County General Plan;
- Potential amendments to the Imperial County Codified Ordinances;
- The use of specific plans or other planning tools relating to the location and regulation of data center development;
- The establishment of location or proximity standards relating to residential neighborhoods, schools, and other sensitive uses;
- The identification of areas that may be more appropriate for data center development based upon existing land uses, infrastructure, energy resources, and compatibility with surrounding uses;
- Consideration of implementation options and the legal implications associated with any recommended amendments, including whether such amendments should apply prospectively only or, where legally permissible, to projects currently in process; and
- Any other recommendations the committee determines appropriate.
The DCAC shall present its findings and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors by January 1, 2027, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable.
Quoted verbatim from the committee’s founding documents, Sections 2 and 3.
Core working set
Read in this order
From charge and method to findings and Board delivery.
20 MW Framework
A common planning unit, pass/fail site gates, and a first-pass six-area screen.
Open the framework →Section 3 Report
The complete sourced research draft, including rules, gaps, tools, and transition issues.
Read the full report →Title 9 Audit
What the County’s current framework does and what it does not yet address.
Read the audit →Planning Tools
Compatibility standards, regulatory architecture, and projects in process.
Read the paper →Findings Outline
Proposed findings, implementation package, and remaining evidence.
Review the outline →Underlying record
Every source in one library
County plans and ordinances, IID materials, the two Superior Court cases, project background, and news coverage.