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Middlesex County

2 data center projects we know about. 25 boroughs, townships and cities.

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Projects

Stopped or cancelled

Data center in the Jersey Avenue / Sandford Street redevelopment plan

New Brunswick, Middlesex County

🕒 Feb 18, 2026: City Council voted 5-0 to take the data center out of the redevelopment plan and require…

Status unclear

Data center at the former Princeton Nurseries site

South Brunswick, Middlesex County

🕒 2026: Applicant asked the South Brunswick Planning Board to approve a 340,985 sq ft data cente…

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

🚫 Ban · North Brunswick

North Brunswick banned data centers. Residents pushed for it after talk of redeveloping the 87-acre property at 100 Fidelity Plaza.

Aug 24, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · East Brunswick

East Brunswick's council unanimously adopted Ordinance 26-21. It bans data centers in all commercial, business and industrial districts. It passed the same night as bans in North Brunswick and Stafford.

Aug 24, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Sayreville

Sayreville passed Ordinance 15-26, an 18-month pause on building data centers anywhere in the borough. It was introduced in June 2026. We did not find the exact adoption date, so the end date is not known.

June 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change · New Brunswick

New Brunswick's council voted 5-0 to change the Jersey Avenue redevelopment plan. It took out a planned 27,000 sq ft data center and requires a public park instead.

Feb 18, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Old Bridge

After a heated meeting on June 9, 2026, Old Bridge's council dropped a proposed three-year pause and asked for an ordinance to ban data centers in all zones. Two older redevelopment plans had allowed data centers in some areas. Pinelands Alliance lists Old Bridge among towns with a ban.

2026Source

🚫 Ban · Cranbury

Cranbury is on Pinelands Alliance's list of New Jersey towns that banned data centers (as of Sept. 30, 2026). We did not find the ordinance or the vote date.

2026Source

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