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.
Quinton Township
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Mixed Data Center Policies
Quinton Township’s enacted ordinance prohibits building or expanding data centers in any zoning district. They could be allowed later if the Township changes its plan and zoning rules.
Rating from New Jersey statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Quinton Township.
current law · Quinton TownshipProhibits data centers in every Quinton Township zoning district, including internet or cloud facilities and related computing, storage, power, cooling, security, and other infrastructure, by amending Chapter 170 and listing data centers as a prohibited use.Quinton Township Ordinance 2026-05 (2026)
What this means
The measure would prohibit data centers in every Quinton Township zoning district, making it an outright ban under current zoning rules (prohibited in all zoning districts). The Township could allow them later by changing its plan and zoning rules, but until then, building or expanding a data center would not be allowed.
Timing
- Ends
- When data centers are recommended in the Township’s Master Plan and appropriately designated as permitted or conditionally permitted uses/structures in one or more zoning districts.
People behind it
- Quinton Township Committee
Introduced the ordinance and passed it on first reading.
- James Smith
Moved to adopt the ordinance at the May 5, 2026 meeting.
- Joseph Hannagan
Seconded the motion to adopt the ordinance at the May 5, 2026 meeting.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
Data centers, including functionally equivalent facilities regardless of name, are prohibited in every zoning district. The ordinance describes them as facilities serving off-site or remote users for aggregated computing, data storage, processing, and related purposes. The stated qualification is that they remain prohibited unless and until they are recommended in the Master Plan and designated as permitted or conditionally permitted in one or more districts. The definition of a computer center excludes data centers. Prohibited in all zoning districts unless and until
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