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.
Carneys Point Township
Mixed Data Center Policies
New Jersey requires large data centers to cover much of their electricity costs and offer demand flexibility; reporting and construction rules add paperwork and costs. Tax incentives are available only to qualifying projects, while regulators study possible electricity-cost effects.
Rating and summary from New Jersey statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Carneys Point Township.
pending · Carneys Point TownshipWould amend the zoning code to prohibit data centers in every zoning district, including internet and cloud data centers, hyperscale facilities, server farms, artificial-intelligence processing facilities, and functionally equivalent operations, together with their related infrastructure (Ordinance 2026-1093).Carneys Point Township Ordinance 2026-1093
What this means
If enacted, the ordinance would prohibit data centers and equivalent facilities in every zoning district, effectively preventing new data center development in Carneys Point. It was introduced for consideration, so this score describes its effect if enacted, not current law. It lists data centers as prohibited uses.
People behind it
- Carneys Point Township Committee
Introduced and passed the ordinance on first reading and enacted the measure.
- Patrick Bomba
Mayor who signed the ordinance on behalf of the Township.
- June Proffitt
Township Clerk who attested the ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
Data centers are prohibited uses and structures in every zoning district in Carneys Point Township.
The prohibition broadly covers internet data centers, cloud data centers, hyperscale data centers, server farms, artificial-intelligence processing facilities, and functionally equivalent facilities operating under different names or classifications.
Data centers are expressly excluded from the zoning provision allowing miscellaneous electrical equipment, preventing them from being treated as permitted miscellaneous electrical equipment.
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