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Data center project · Middlesex County, New Jersey

Data center at the former Princeton Nurseries site, South Brunswick

Under construction · A 341,000-square-foot data center going up on the former Princeton Nurseries land, now contested over its diesel generator air permit.

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Status
Under construction · as of Oct. 16, 2026
Location
Former Princeton Nurseries site near Route 1 and Independence Way, Kingston section · Middlesex County
Status note
NJ.com reports the building shell is nearly complete; the state DEP is weighing a draft air permit for 12 backup diesel generators, with written comments open to Nov. 9, 2026.
Power
Not reported
No power figure in the sources reviewed; the generator permit is not a measure of data center load.
Floor area
341,000 sq ft
Developer and team
WRV Nurseries South Brunswick LLC (applicant); Sentinel Data Centers (developer and operator, per NJ.com)
End user
Not made public
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 23, 2026 At a DEP hearing on the draft generator permit, all speakers opposed it; Princeton's mayor and council said in an Oct. 1 letter that 20 generators are planned, not 12. (NJ.com (via Yahoo News), Oct. 16, 2026)
  2. May 2025 South Brunswick approved the data center project, NJ.com reported; construction continued while legal challenges were pending. (NJ.com (via Yahoo News), Oct. 16, 2026)
  3. March 5, 2025 DCD reported WRV Nurseries South Brunswick LLC had applied to build a 340,985-square-foot data center, with a planning board decision set for March 12, 2025. (DatacenterDynamics, March 5, 2025)
  4. Aug. 2024 South Brunswick approved a redevelopment plan for about 162 acres of the former nursery that lists data centers as a use in its Route 1 Gateway district. (acrossnj.com, Aug. 11, 2024)

Conflicts and open questions

  • NJ.com reports the township's approval of the project came in May 2025; the approving body's resolution was not reviewed.
  • The 160- to 162-acre figure is the whole redevelopment area, not the data center parcel.
  • NJ.com, citing TAPinto Princeton, reported a Superior Court judge ruled for the township and WRV in August 2026 on neighbors' challenge to the redevelopment designation; the neighbors have appealed.

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