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Local votes and rules

📜 Data center rules · Bridgewater

Bridgewater passed a large zoning ordinance with rules for new data centers on commercial land along Route 22. It followed a proposal for a 400,000 sq ft AI data center at the former Greymark office site. One advocacy list counts Bridgewater as a ban; news reports describe rules, not a full ban.

Sept 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Montgomery

E. Kahn Development sued Montgomery Township to overturn its data center ban. It says the ban was based on 'public hysteria' rather than sound planning and seeks more than $300 million. The company owns the 257-acre former Johnson & Johnson campus in Skillman.

July 31, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Bernards

Bernards Township unanimously adopted Ordinance 2599, banning data centers in all zones and removing 'data processing centers' from the office zones. It covers colocation, cloud, server farms and crypto mining. Hospitals, public safety sites and small server rooms are exempt.

June 23, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Warren

Warren Township's committee voted unanimously to ban data centers in every zoning district. No data center had been proposed; officials said they wanted to act before one was.

June 18, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Montgomery

Montgomery Township unanimously adopted Ordinance 26-1779, which bans large data centers and immigrant detention centers in every zoning district. A developer had bought the 257-acre former Johnson & Johnson (Kenvue) campus on Grandview Road in Skillman for an AI data center.

June 18, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · North Plainfield

North Plainfield 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

🚫 Ban · Peapack and Gladstone

Peapack and Gladstone 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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