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.
Lebanon Township
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Lebanon Township has enacted an ordinance barring data centers, server farms, and related high-voltage substations in every zoning district, including redevelopment areas; its description nevertheless phrases the ban as something that “would” apply.
current law · Township of LebanonProhibits data centers throughout Lebanon Township, New Jersey, including hyperscale, colocation, cloud-computing, cryptocurrency-mining, artificial-intelligence, and other high-density digital infrastructure facilities, as well as associated high-voltage substations and related uses.New Jersey Ordinance No. 10-2026 (2026)
What this means
The ordinance would ban building, expanding, maintaining, or operating data centers in every zoning district, with no exception for redevelopment areas. It also covers server farms and related high-voltage substations, making this an outright ban within the township’s boundaries (“strictly prohibited within all zoning districts”).
People behind it
- Township Committee of the Township of Lebanon
Legislative body that proposed, introduced, and adopted Ordinances Nos. 08-2026, 09-2026, and 10-2026.
- Abe Abuchowski
Moved introduction of Ordinance No. 08-2026.
- Tom McKee
Seconded introduction of Ordinance No. 08-2026 and Ordinance No. 10-2026.
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- Beverly Koehler
Moved introduction of Ordinance Nos. 09-2026 and 10-2026.
- Jay Wojcik
Seconded introduction of Ordinance No. 09-2026.
- Carolynn Budd
Township Clerk responsible for ordinance notices, filings, publication directions, and certification.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements3
The construction, operation, expansion, or maintenance of any data center, server farm, high-density digital infrastructure facility, or related high-voltage electrical substation is strictly prohibited in every zoning district in Lebanon Township.
The prohibition applies categorically and unconditionally, including to data centers proposed as principal, accessory, or conditional uses, through adaptive reuse, or within areas designated as Areas in Need of Redevelopment or Areas in Need of Rehabilitation.
The definition of “data center” is broad and expressly includes hyperscale and colocation facilities, cloud-computing infrastructure, cryptocurrency-mining operations, artificial-intelligence processing facilities, and other high-density digital infrastructure, regardless of the label used.
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