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The Digest's tracker follows 24 New Jersey data center bills: 14 that would restrict development, 0 that favor it, and 10 neutral. 4 have advanced past committee (S 4390, A 796, S 3379). The map covers 1 New Jersey market with about 3 GW of capacity and pipeline.
Latest New Jersey data center activity
Bill actions and news about New Jersey data centers in one timeline, newest first. News is matched to the state by the story's text.
BillS 4304: Prohibits agreements intended to conceal certain information concerning development of data centers under MLUL. Neutral
Passed a chamber, last action Oct 22, 2026BillA 3966: Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 22, 2026BillA 5663: Requires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete. Restrictive
In committee, last action Oct 19, 2026BillA 5646: Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 19, 2026BillA 5622: Modifies certain DEP permit application requirements for data centers. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 15, 2026BillS 4400: Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 8, 2026BillA 5586: Impose new notification and transparency requirements on data center developers in New Jersey before they submit preliminary site plan applications to local planning boards. Restrictive
In committee, last action Oct 5, 2026BillS 4659: Requires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete. Restrictive
In committee, last action Oct 1, 2026BillS 4658: Requires data centers to submit annual report to DEP; requires DEP to establish Data Center Transparency Dashboard. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 1, 2026BillS 4657: Modifies certain DEP permit application requirements for data centers. Neutral
In committee, last action Oct 1, 2026BillS 4390: "End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.* Restrictive
Enacted, last action Aug 27, 2026BillS 3379: Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU. Restrictive
Enacted, last action Aug 27, 2026BillA 796: Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.** Restrictive
Enacted, last action Jul 7, 2026New Jersey data center legislation
New Jersey data center markets and projects
New York / New Jersey
3GW under development.
Financial services concentration sustains demand.
This market also covers New York.
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Updated October 23, 2026. Bill labels are the Digest's own classification of each bill's text; market figures come from CBRE, JLL, and utility filings as cited on the map. All Digest news.