Community briefing

The data center fight in Monroe Township (Gloucester Co.), New Jersey

As of October 1, 2026, Monroe Township (Gloucester Co.), New Jersey has a data center moratorium in force (action taken Apr 22, 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

Enactedno end date — permanentstatus

Apr 22, 2026action taken

Locallevel

Two ordinances banning data centers township-wide. Hexa Builders is suing for more than $300M in federal court — the test case for whether a small municipality can absorb the litigation risk of a ban

SourceNews
read 2026-08-04

An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.

The project on the table

Hexa Builders data center (Black Horse Pike) — In review

Filing LLC: Hexa Builders LLC

Previously-approved warehouse project at 3043 South Black Horse Pike amended in early April 2026 to include a 1,000,000 sq ft data center. Two weeks later the township council stripped data-center permissions from the site and banned data centers township-wide; the planning board then deemed the amended application incomplete. Hexa is now suing the township for $300M+. Not dead - the litigation decides it.

Next: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Latest in the record

2026-08-03 — Hexa attorney Jim Maley filed a letter requesting remand of the non-constitutional state-law claims back to New Jersey Superior Court, arguing state courts have more expertise on local land use laws. · source
2026-08-01 — On August 1 Hexa's attorney Jim Maley asked the federal judge to reject Monroe Township's request to dismiss the lawsuit. · source
2026-07-30 — Hexa Builders sued Monroe Township for more than $300 million in damages over the ban and the completeness review. · source
2026-07-28 — On July 28 Monroe attorney Todd Gelfand filed a four-page letter seeking dismissal, arguing the ban does not regulate the content of speech, a speaker, a message, or the plaintiffs' ability to engage in expressive activity. · source
2026-07-17 — Township Solicitor Sandra Graise stated the municipality is committed to vigorously and zealously defending the lawsuit while protecting residents' interests. · source
2026-07-14 — A case management conference was held in the Hexa Builders LLC and 3043 Williamstown Urban Renewal LLC v. Monroe Township case (Docket No. GLO-L-805-26). · source

Full dated timeline on the project tracker.

Source. Read 2026-08-07.

What to do next

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Nearby in New Jersey

Glassboro (3 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Upper Pittsgrove Township (8 mi) — Enactedterm not documented
Winslow Township (9 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Pittsgrove Township (10 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Mantua Township (10 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Harrison Township (10 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Waterford Township (Camden Co.) (13 mi) — Enactedno end date — permanent
Pilesgrove Township (13 mi) — Enactedterm not documented

All 75 tracked actions in New Jersey are on the state page.

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · 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.