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Jersey City introduces ordinance to ban data centers on industrial land - ROI-NJ
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Jersey City has introduced an ordinance banning data centres from industrial land, restricting a major land use category from the city's zoning. The move signals local resistance to data centre development competing with manufacturing and logistics for scarce urban industrial real estate.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Data Infrastructure.
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If you're planning to build or operate data centres in the Northeast Corridor, Jersey City just closed one of the densest labour markets near Manhattan and your nearest alternative site just became more expensive. Start mapping zoning compliance in Newark, Hoboken and the Meadowlands now—other cities will follow.
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