Pinelands Commission Policy & Implementation Committee Meeting - March 27, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

Pinelands Commission · March 28, 2026

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Staff presentation: CMP context and where data centers might be permitted

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Presenter (identified in the meeting as Brad) summarized CMP management-area framework and said municipalities may permit data centers in certain areas (regional growth areas, Pinelands towns, villages) but that the CMP does not require municipalities to zone for industrial uses. He flagged recent CMP amendments that allow PDC obligations to be shifted to nonresidential development and noted limited use standards for data centers in the CMP.

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Staff briefed the Pinelands Commission on how the Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) and water rules limit where data centers can be sited; commissioners and members of the public pressed for clearer definitions, possible decommissioning plans and raised procedural and environmental objections to the Hexa redevelopment in Monroe Township.

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