Pasadena Lacks Zoning Rules and Grid Capacity for Data Centers, Committee Learns A single hyperscale data center could consume more than a third of Pasadena’s entire current electrical capacity, and the city has no zoning rules, no infrastructure, and no

The city of Pasadena, California lacks zoning rules and electrical grid capacity to accommodate large data centers. A single hyperscale data center could consume more than a third of Pasadena's current electrical capacity, but the city has no infrastructure or regulations in place to support such data center development.