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The Data Center Divide

Monroe Township

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Anti-Data Center Policies

Monroe Township’s enacted ordinance removes data centers as permitted uses in four districts, making new projects or expansions harder there; existing-center closures are not stated.

current law · Monroe Township
Would remove data-processing and computer-center uses from the permitted-use lists in four zoning districts—PO/CD Planned Office Commercial, H-D Highway Development, L-I Light Industrial, and OP Office Professional—through amendments to Chapter 108.Monroe Township Ordinance O-6-2026-013 (2026)

What this means

The proposal would remove data processing and computer centers as permitted uses in four zoning districts, making new projects or expansions in those districts substantially harder. It does not say that existing data centers must close or that such facilities are barred everywhere in the township.

People behind it

  • Municipal legislative body that introduced and passed the ordinance on first reading and considered it for final adoption.

  • Township Clerk who issued the public notice regarding the ordinance's introduction and scheduled consideration for final passage.

  • Mayor designated to approve the ordinance through mayoral signature.

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  • The ordinance removes data processing facilities and computer centers as permitted uses in the PO/CD Planned Office Commercial, H-D Highway Development, and L-I Light Industrial districts, and removes data processing as a permitted use in the OP Office Professional District (amended to remove data processing and computer centers as permitted uses).

Sources

current law · Monroe Township
Establishes a temporary six-month moratorium on data-center development while the Galloway Township Planning Board conducts further study, review, and makes recommendations, and amends Chapter 233 to define “data center” and “computer center.”Galloway Township Ordinance 2172-2026 (2026)

What this means

The proposed ordinance would pause data center development for six months while the Planning Board studies the issue, delaying new projects during that period (temporary six-month moratorium). It is not a permanent ban, but the pause is a major short-term barrier to building or expanding data centers.

Timing

Ends
six months after adoption

The measure establishes a temporary six-month moratorium on the development of data centers pending further study, review, and recommendation by the Galloway Township Planning Board. No extension condition is stated.

People behind it

  • Introduced and considered Ordinance 2172-2026 establishing a temporary six-month moratorium on data centers.

  • Identified as responsible for further study, review, and recommendation concerning the data-center moratorium.

  • Adopted and submitted Ordinance 2172-2026 for review.

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  • Reviewed Galloway Township's ordinance for consistency with the Comprehensive Management Plan.

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  • Imposes a temporary six-month moratorium on the development of data centers while Galloway Township conducts further study and awaits review and recommendations from the Planning Board.

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