The Data Center Divide
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City of Millville
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Millville’s enacted ordinance prohibits data centers in all districts, bars converting existing buildings to that use, and does not allow them as accessory uses.
current law · City of MillvilleThis municipal zoning ordinance prohibits data centers in all Millville zoning districts and defines the use specifically.Millville Ordinance No. 48-2026
What this means
If enacted, the measure would prohibit data centers in all districts. It also bars converting existing buildings to data center use and says data centers cannot be accessory uses, leaving no clear path to build, expand, or operate one in Millville.
People behind it
- Sherman Taylor
Moved the ordinance on first and second readings.
- Richard Kott
Seconded the ordinance on first and second readings.
- City Commission of the City of Millville
Enacted and adopted the ordinance.
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- Municipal Clerk
Directed to administer the required notice and referral procedures for the ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements5
Data centers are expressly prohibited in all zoning districts; the ordinance states that all uses not expressly permitted are prohibited and specifically lists data centers among the prohibited uses.
A data center may not be treated as an accessory use, structure, or building in any zoning district.
No existing building, structure, or facility in Millville may be converted to a data center, whether for a primary use or as an accessory use.
The prohibition applies to functionally equivalent facilities regardless of name, because the data-center definition includes functionally-equivalent but differently named uses, structures and facilities.
Data centers are excluded from the definitions of telecommunications facilities and fulfillment warehouses or centers, preventing those classifications from being used to treat a data center as one of those permitted uses.
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