Data center restrictions tracker · New Jersey

City of Asbury Park, New Jersey: data center conditions (2026)

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

City of Asbury Park, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center conditions measure on June 10, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "On June 10, 2026, the Asbury Park City Council unanimously passed a resolution banning data centers within city limits and calling on Gov. Mikie Sherrill to enact a statewide moratorium on new data center construction. The council cited… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Conditions ordinanceconditionenactedJune 10, 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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