Jersey Avenue Data Center
A proposed data center on Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey was removed from the redevelopment plan by city council following public backlash and protests. It is cancelled, since February 20, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Not disclosed
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Not disclosed | |||
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Who is behind itA land record, a zoning application or a company's own announcement.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Middlesex County and New Brunswick about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spotswood | Spotswood city council sent a data center zoning proposal to the planning board | tapinto.net |
What happened
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· Status: stalled or cancelled (content date)
A proposed data center on Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey was removed from the redevelopment plan by city council following public backlash and protests. [1]
The full Jersey Avenue Data Center timeline, in order
1 correction to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the draft of a status history row
the record's rules: the entry is about the province of New Brunswick's plan and was filed on a New Jersey record; returned to draft on the editor's word The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
The site
Where in New Brunswick is not in the public record. The pin marks the center of New Brunswick, not a building, and the outline is Middlesex County.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Stalled or cancelled, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 13 other published records in New Jersey
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey
- How exactly it is located
- Town level, the center of the city
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at the center of its town.
Questions about this project
4 questions answered from the record
Who is building Jersey Avenue Data Center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names the developer. The sources read for this record are listed under Sources.
How much power and water does Jersey Avenue Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Jersey Avenue Data Center stand today?
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It is cancelled, since February 20, 2026. The newest entry, February 20, 2026: A proposed data center on Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey was removed from the redevelopment plan by city council following public backlash and protests. [1]
Sources
Reporting
- Proposed data center in New Brunswick, New Jersey, denied by local authorities - Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Dynamics, February 20, 2026, trade press
- New Brunswick asks for public feedback on its plan for data centres - guelph.ctvnews.ca, guelph.ctvnews.ca, September 1, 2026, local outlet
- New Brunswick rejects data center plan following public backlash - The Jersey Vindicator, The Jersey Vindicator, February 21, 2026, local outlet
- New Brunswick council scraps data center, restores park plan - Central New Jersey News, Central New Jersey News, February 20, 2026, local outlet
- Viral video captures residents' reaction after officials cancel plans for US data center: 'It almost did not feel real' - thecooldown.com, thecooldown.com, February 20, 2026, local outlet
- City Council Removes Data Center from Redevelopment Plan on Jersey Avenue - TAPinto, TAPinto, February 19, 2026, local outlet
- New Brunswick Residents Win Fight Against Data Center as Jersey Avenue Redevelopment Plan Gets Amended - Jersey Digs, Jersey Digs, March 10, 2026, local outlet
- Inside the battle over data center development that’s quietly reshaping N.J. politics - New Jersey Globe, New Jersey Globe, March 11, 2026, local outlet
- 'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center - Common Dreams, Common Dreams, February 19, 2026, local outlet
- City Council In New Brunswick Is Getting Pushback On Ai Data Center - News12 | Long Island, News12 | Long Island, February 18, 2026, local outlet
10 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Jersey Avenue Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/jersey-avenue-data-center-new-brunswick-nb, last verified October 7, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Jersey Avenue Data Center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/jersey-avenue-data-center-new-brunswick-nb. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Slug
- jersey-avenue-data-center-new-brunswick-nb
- Status value
- cancelled
- Stage
- Stalled or cancelled
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/nj/middlesex-county/new-brunswick
- Coordinates
- 40.4867, -74.4444
- Location precision
- city
- Location source
- Place center (New Brunswick, New Jersey), placed at city level: Census 2020 internal point (data/gazetteer/place-points-2020.json)
- Coordinate source
- census centroid
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- October 7, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-10-07