City planning staff presented a briefing on types of data centers, potential zoning approaches, water and energy impacts, and next steps under the city's 12‑month moratorium; commissioners discussed size‑based rules, supplemental regulations, and limits on what the city can legally require.

After extended public comment on noise, visual impact, utility rates and decommissioning, the Madison Board of Adjustment voted to table both the conditional‑use permit and the variance for a proposed 10‑megawatt, air‑cooled modular data facility from Giga Energy, asking staff for independent sound analysis and enforceable conditions.