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The Data Center Divide

Berkeley Heights Township

Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies

Berkeley Heights prohibits data centers in every zone, including colocation, cloud, and AI facilities. Only server rooms incidental to another permitted use are exempt.

current law · Township of Berkeley Heights
Prohibits data centers as a land use in every zoning district in Berkeley Heights Township, including colocation, cloud-computing, and artificial-intelligence training or inference facilities, under Ordinance 2026-13.Berkeley Heights Township Ordinance 2026-13 (2026)

What this means

The measure prohibits data centers in every zone, including colocation, cloud, and AI facilities, effectively barring new data center development in the township (“prohibited in all zones”). It exempts only server rooms that are incidental to another permitted use, so the exception does not meaningfully soften the ban.

People behind it

  • Moved final adoption of Ordinance 2026-13.

  • Seconded the motion for final adoption of Ordinance 2026-13.

  • Introduced and adopted the ordinance designating data centers as a prohibited use in all zones.

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  • Mayor who signed the ordinance on behalf of the Township.

  • Township Clerk who certified the ordinance's adoption and issued the required public notices.

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  • Data centers are prohibited in all zones, including facilities for third-party data storage, processing, or transmission and expressly including co-location, cloud computing, and artificial-intelligence training or inference facilities. The exception is limited to server rooms or equipment spaces that are incidental and subordinate to a primary permitted use on the same lot.

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