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.
Deerfield Township
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Deerfield Township has enacted an ordinance broadly prohibiting data centers as uses in every zone, effectively barring their construction and operation townshipwide.
current law · Deerfield TownshipProhibits data centers in every Deerfield Township zoning district, covering facilities and functionally equivalent operations used for computing, data storage, processing, transmission, cloud services, cryptocurrency mining, artificial intelligence, and related functions, with no stated size, technology, ownership, or existing-facility exception.New Jersey Deerfield Township Ordinance 2026-3 (2026)
What this means
The measure defines data centers broadly and adds them to the uses prohibited in any zone. If enacted, it would effectively ban building or operating data centers throughout the township.
People behind it
- Township Committee of the Township of Deerfield
Enacted and introduced the ordinance; the proposed ordinance was introduced at a special meeting by the Township Committee.
- Township Clerk
Attested the ordinance and administered its formal municipal-record process.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Data centers are expressly prohibited in every zone in the Township. The ordinance adds “Data Centers” to the list of prohibited uses, which includes any use not specifically permitted in a zoning district. (Data Centers)
The ordinance’s effectiveness is conditioned on compliance with the legally required effective date and any required amendments to the Township’s Master Plan and Redevelopment Plan. (subject to any required amendments)
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