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.
Borough of Leonia
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Leonia has enacted an ordinance barring data centers and related uses in all zones, preventing new facilities and substantially restricting expansion or operation, though its description uses conditional wording.
current law · Borough of LeoniaLeonia Ordinance No. 2026-18 prohibits all data centers and related uses in every Borough zoning district by classifying them as non-permitted uses, covering facilities that store, manage, or process digital or electronic data and associated infrastructure.Leonia Ordinance No. 2026-18
What this means
If enacted, the ordinance would ban data centers throughout Leonia by making them a non-permitted use in all zones, including related uses. That would prevent new data centers and substantially block expansion or operation as a data-center use.
People behind it
- Mayor and Council of the Borough of Leonia
Proposed, introduced, and enacted the ordinance designating data centers as a non-permitted use.
- Jonathan Mandel
Borough Clerk directed to administer required notices, referrals, filings, and publication for the ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements2
Data centers are designated as a non-permitted use in every zoning district within the Borough of Leonia, so they may not be built or operated there.
All uses related to data centers are also designated as non-permitted uses, preventing associated facilities or operations from being established.
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