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Union County

1 data center project we know about. 21 townships, boroughs, cities and towns.

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Projects

Being built

CoreWeave AI data center at the former Merck campus (NEST)

Kenilworth, Union County

27 acres · for CoreWeave

🕒 Nov 2025: NJ Economic Development Authority approved a $250 million tax credit for the 250 MW proj…

Local votes and rules

🚫 Ban · Linden

Linden introduced Ordinance 70-53 to add AI data centers to the city's list of prohibited uses in all zones. Officials named energy use, water use, noise, pollution and strain on local services. We did not confirm the final vote.

Sept 15, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Berkeley Heights

Berkeley Heights introduced Ordinance 2026-13 on June 30 to make data centers a prohibited use in all zones. Final vote was set for July 21, 2026. Pinelands Alliance lists the township among towns with a ban.

July 21, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Summit

Summit's council moved to add AI data centers to the city's list of banned land uses, with a final vote after a public hearing in mid-June 2026. The draft used a 20 megawatt threshold to define an AI data center. No data center was proposed in Summit.

June 16, 2026Source

🚫 Ban · Roselle Park

Roselle Park's mayor announced in May 2026 an ordinance to ban data center development in the borough, after residents worried about the CoreWeave data center being built next door in Kenilworth. Pinelands Alliance lists the borough among towns with a ban.

2026Source

🚫 Ban · Clark

Clark 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 · Cranford

Cranford 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 · Plainfield

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 · Union

Union 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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