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.
Pennsville Township
Strongly Anti-Data Center Policies
Pennsville Township’s enacted ordinance bars data centers in every zoning district, effectively blocking new development; the accompanying description conflicts, calling it only introduced for a first reading.
current law · Pennsville TownshipWould amend Pennsville Township’s land-use ordinances to define “data centers” and prohibit data centers as uses and structures in every zoning district.Pennsville Township Ordinance A-13-2026 (2026)
What this means
If enacted, this measure would prohibit data centers in every zoning district in Pennsville, effectively blocking new data center development there (prohibited uses in all zoning districts). The source records it as introduced for a first reading, not as an enacted ordinance.
People behind it
- Scott Hourigan
Introduced the data-center ordinance by making the motion for its introduction.
- John Dyer
Seconded the motion to introduce the data-center ordinance.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The proposed ordinance defines data centers and prohibits them as uses or structures in all Pennsville zoning districts. prohibits data centers as uses or structures in all zoning districts
Sources
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