Garfield Township Issues Moratorium on Data Centers
By Beth Milligan | Aug. 26, 2026
Garfield Township trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to impose a one-year moratorium on data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities. The move is intended to give township leaders time to update Garfield’s zoning ordinance to better address such projects. The moratorium means a small-scale data center proposed on Sybrandt Road near the Sara Lee plant will be put on hold for at least 12 months.
The data center moratorium is the first one issued under new rules recently approved by trustees, who created a detailed process for enacting such temporary bans. Under the policy, moratoriums can be issued when a land use could “adversely affect the health, safety, or welfare of …
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