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.
Gloucester County
Neutral Data Center Policies
Gloucester County classifies digital-data storage and processing as data center use, not manufacturing. The described provisions add no special approval requirements or benefits for building, expanding, or operating centers.
current law · County measureDefines a “data center” as a facility primarily used to store, manage, process, or transmit digital data and classifies digital-data storage or transformation under the data-center use rather than manufacturing (Article 2, Sec.Gloucester County Zoning Ordinance — Data Center Definition and Use Classification
What this means
The measure clarifies that digital-data storage and processing count as a data center use, not manufacturing. It adds no data-center-specific approval requirements or benefits in the provisions described, so it has no clear meaningful effect on building, expanding, or operating centers.
People behind it
- Gloucester County Planning and Zoning staff
Drafted the proposed zoning ordinance amendments and identified the revisions needed to clarify and correct the ordinance.
- Carol Rizzio
Presented the proposed code amendments concerning stables, cluster subdivisions, and related changes to the Planning Commission for consideration.
- Anne Ducey-Ortiz
Presented the proposed amendments to the Board of Supervisors during the public hearing and reported the Planning Commission’s recommendation.
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- Gloucester County Planning Commission
Reviewed the proposed amendments, held a public hearing, and forwarded them to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval.
- Gloucester County Board of Supervisors
Held the public hearing and adopted and enacted the zoning ordinance amendments.
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Clarifies that the storage or transformation of digital data is not classified as manufacturing and is instead regulated under the separate "data center" use, which can provide a clearer permitting classification for data-center facilities. The amendment expressly adds this classification
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