The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Blairstown Township
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Blairstown township bars data centers larger than 5,000 square feet, limiting typical facility construction and expansion; smaller facilities are outside this specific restriction.
current law · Township of BlairstownProhibits data centers and large-scale computing facilities exceeding 5,000 square feet in total floor area as a prohibited use under Blairstown Township’s land-development rules, with no separate exception or approval pathway stated for these facilities.Blairstown Township zoning regulation restricting data centers over 5,000 square feet
What this means
The ordinance would prohibit data centers larger than 5,000 square feet throughout the township, effectively banning typical data center development and expansion. Smaller facilities are not covered by this specific ban, but that exception does not change the measure’s overall effect.
People behind it
- Township of Blairstown Township Committee
Proposed and enacted the ordinance to implement recommended amendments to Chapter 19.
- Blairstown Land Use Board
Adopted the Master Plan Reexamination Report and Land Use Plan Amendment whose recommendations the ordinance implements.
- Suk
Made the motion to introduce the ordinance and the motion to adopt it.
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- Lohman
Seconded the motion to introduce the ordinance and the motion to adopt it.
- Kristin Shipps
Township Clerk who attested the ordinance.
- Rob Moorhead
Mayor who attested the ordinance and participated in its enactment.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Data centers and large-scale computing facilities exceeding 5,000 square feet in total floor area are prohibited uses; facilities at or below that threshold are not covered by this specific prohibition. Data centers and/or large-scale computing facilities exceeding 5,000 square feet
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
The prohibition applies only to data centers or large-scale computing facilities exceeding 5,000 square feet of total floor area; facilities at or below 5,000 square feet are not prohibited by this provision, although they remain subject to other applicable zoning requirements.
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