The Data Center Divide
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Cinnaminson 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 Cinnaminson Township.
pending · Township of CinnaminsonWould amend Cinnaminson Township’s land-use and zoning code to prohibit data centers in every zoning district, covering facilities used to store, manage, or process digital data, including cloud-computing, cryptocurrency-mining, and artificial-intelligence infrastructure under the proposed ordinance.New Jersey Ordinance 2026-8 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the ordinance would ban data centers in every zoning district, including facilities for cloud computing and AI, with only a narrow exception for small accessory server rooms (prohibited in all zoning districts). The committee tabled the proposal, so it has not been adopted (Ordinance 2026 – 8 was tabled).
Timing
- Ends
- when data centers are recommended in the next master plan reexamination report and the Township Committee determines that the use should be permitted with appropriate development regulations
The ordinance creates a temporary prohibition pending the specified master-plan review and Township Committee determination. It was tabled on 2026-07-20 and therefore was not adopted or made effective based on the provided sources.
People behind it
- Cinnaminson Township Committee
Introduced and proposed Ordinance 2026-8 to prohibit data centers; the ordinance was enacted by the Committee.
- Lisa A. Passione
Municipal Clerk responsible for publishing notice, providing ordinance copies for review, filing required notices, and certifying the ordinance’s introduction and public-hearing schedule.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
The ordinance would prohibit data centers in every Cinnaminson zoning district, unless and until the next Master Plan reexamination recommends them and the Township Committee later determines that they should be permitted with appropriate development regulations.
The prohibition would apply broadly to facilities primarily housing digital infrastructure, including cloud-computing facilities, cryptocurrency-mining operations, artificial-intelligence processing facilities, and similar high-density uses regardless of their label.
Accessory server rooms are excluded only when they remain subordinate to the principal use and occupy no more than the lesser of 2% of the principal building’s gross floor area or 2,000 square feet.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
Accessory server rooms are excluded from the data-center definition and therefore are not subject to the proposed prohibition, provided they are subordinate to the facility’s principal use and occupy no more than the lesser of 2% of the principal structure’s gross floor area or 2,000 square feet.
Sources
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