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Local Officials Reject Proposed Data Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Feb 21, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Local authorities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, voted on Wednesday against allowing the construction of a data center on a plot of land slated for redevelopment, instead requiring that a park be built on the site.

The New Brunswick City Council was reviewing a proposal for the Jersey-Sandford redevelopment area, a roughly 22-acre site on the southeastern side of Jersey Avenue between Sandford Street and Mitchell Avenue.

A video covering the data center’s rejection was shared by Climate Revolution NJ, an environmental group that helped organize opposition to the proposal. Since being posted on Thursday, it has garnered more than 300,000 likes.

“This is what it looks like when communities fight back against big tech and their billionaire private equity backers,” reads the caption.

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