Data center restrictions tracker · New Jersey

Borough of Red Bank, New Jersey: data center zoning exclusion (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Borough of Red Bank, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 11, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "On June 11, 2026 the Red Bank Borough Council unanimously voted to ban data centers (final adoption) and unanimously passed an 'AI Accountability Proclamation' calling on the State of New Jersey to pause construction of new large-scale… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Zoning exclusionrestrictionenactedJune 11, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Monmouth County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

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New Jersey context

New Jersey has 24 documented local actions across 23 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted).

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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