The Data Center Divide
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Greenwich Township
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Greenwich Township’s ordinance is labeled enacted, though its description says “if enacted”; it prohibits data centers in the zoning categories it amends, including construction or expansion there.
current law · Township of GreenwichWould prohibit electronic data centers as a land use by amending specified zoning-code provisions and repealing related sections, after the Township Committee cited environmental and economic impacts as reasons for the proposal (ordinance notice).Greenwich Township Ordinance 107-2026 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, the ordinance would prohibit electronic data centers in the zoning categories it amends, ending their prior permitted or conditional status (“add electronic data centers to the prohibited uses”). That is an outright ban within the measure’s scope, so building or expanding affected data centers would not be allowed.
People behind it
- Township Committee of the Township of Greenwich
Introduced and passed Ordinance #107-2026 on first reading and proposed amendments prohibiting electronic data centers.
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Ordinance #107-2026 would prohibit electronic data centers by repealing provisions that allow them as conditional uses and adding them to the prohibited-use lists in the RO and OP/LR zones. The ordinance would take effect only after final passage, adoption, and publication as required by law.
Sources
pending · Greenwich TownshipGreenwich Township Ordinance 101-2025 is identified as a proposed amendment concerning the addition of data centers, while a later agenda listed it for second reading to authorize acceptance of a conservation easement from Greenwich Dumont Urban Renewal Associates LLC at Block 26, Lot 2.Greenwich Township Ordinance 101-2025 (2025)
What this means
The proposal would make electronic data processing facilities a principal permitted use in the township’s Research Office zone, removing a major zoning hurdle for data center development there (“Add Electronic Data Processing Facilities”). Its benefit is limited to that zone, and the sources do not describe added data center-specific restrictions or incentives (“Data Processing Facilities to be developed in the RO-District”).
People behind it
- Greystone Capital, Inc.
Proposed adding data processing facilities to the Research Office Zone and formally requested consideration of the zoning amendment.
- Greenwich Township Committee
Began the necessary actions to amend the Township Code to permit data processing facilities in the Research Office District.
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Adds electronic data processing facilities to the list of principal permitted uses in the Research Office (RO) Zone, allowing data centers to seek development approval there without a use variance; the ordinance was listed for a second reading but carried to June and therefore was not yet enacted according to the May 15, 2025 agenda.
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