The data center fight in Holmdel, New Jersey
As of September 27, 2026, Holmdel, New Jersey has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Aug 11, 2026).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
Ordinance 2026-16, introduced July 21 and adopted August 11, 2026; data centers are a prohibited use, no sunset stated.
SourceNews
read 2026-08-30
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
Recent news
- Holmdel bans data centers but will that stop proposal at Bell Works?
- See plans for proposed data center at Bell Works, Holmdel
- Bell Works Owner Ralph Zucker Addresses Holmdel Data Center Proposal, Provides Facts and Clarity
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 3 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in New Jersey.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- New Jersey briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in New Jersey
- Red Bank (6 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Old Bridge (9 mi) — Enactedterm not documented
- Neptune Township (13 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Howell Township (13 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Asbury Park (13 mi) — Enactedno fixed end — runs until a condition is met
- East Brunswick (14 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- North Brunswick (17 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
- Jackson Township (21 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
All 74 tracked actions in New Jersey are on the state page.
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.