New Brunswick Kills Plan To Build AI Data Center At 100 Jersey Avenue

‘A big f*ck you to big tech’: New Jersey residents defeat AI data center

This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Feb. 19, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. The New Brunswick, New Jersey City Council voted Wednesday to cancel plans to construct an artificial intelligence data center and instead build a new public park where the 27,000-square foot facility would have gone. Artificial intelligence data centers—which house the servers and other infrastructure needed to…

New Brunswick City Council Rejects Data Center

New Brunswick, NJ — On Wednesday, following substantial public pushback, the New Brunswick City Council voted unanimously to amend a redevelopment plan to remove data centers as a permitted use, and reinstate plans for a park. The vote came just nine days after city officials revealed that a developer had plans for a 27,000 square foot data center near homes and businesses. With the move, New Brunswick joins a growing number of communities stand…

New Brunswick scraps controversial data center plan

The New Brunswick City Council has reversed its decision to build a data center, opting instead for a park.

Plans For Data Center In New Jersey Town Thwarted After Massive Local Pushback * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

The city council of a New Jersey town killed plans to build a new AI data center after hundreds of […]

New Brunswick Kills Plan To Build AI Data Center At 100 Jersey Avenue

New Brunswick residents were extremely concerned a data center would increase their electric and water bills.