Pemberton Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on February 20, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Pemberton Township became the first municipality in New Jersey to outright ban data centers when it passed Ordinance 10-2026 on February 20, 2026, prohibiting the construction and operation of data centers throughout the township.… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | February 20, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Burlington County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.