Data center restrictions tracker · New Jersey

Vineland, New Jersey: data center zoning exclusion (2025)

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

Vineland, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on December 23, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "~100 people gathered to protest a 350 MW hyperscale AI data center under construction in Vineland, which will have roughly Empire State Building-sized footprint and nearly double the city's electrical capacity. Concerns include health… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Zoning exclusionrestrictionenactedDecember 23, 2025not county-widedatacentertracker.org

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

Elsewhere in Cumberland 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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