Cranford Township, in Union County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 9, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "Cranford announced it will introduce a land-use ordinance amendment on June 8, 2026 to explicitly prohibit AI data centers, reversing its August 2025 broadening of permitted uses in the C-1 Commerce Park zone. The action is driven by… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | pending | June 9, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Union County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Union County
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.