Data center restrictions tracker · New Jersey

Roselle Park, New Jersey: data center conditions (2026)

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

Roselle Park, in Union County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center conditions measure on May 21, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.

The record reads: "Roselle Park introduced Ordinance 2860 (first reading) to prohibit data centers in all zoning districts, tied to transparency concerns about the neighboring Kenilworth CoreWeave project. (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Conditions ordinanceconditionpendingMay 21, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.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.

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