Town Hall On Proposed South Brunswick Data Center Set For Friday

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — Residents with questions about the data center going up on Route 1 in South Brunswick can learn more at a town hall meeting this week.

Climate Revolution NJ is hosting the South Brunswick Data Center Town Hall with neighbors and local organizations. It runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, at Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane in Princeton.

The event page says the meeting will cover how the facility could affect water, power bills, air and public health. It will also cover what residents can do about it.

The town hall comes three days before the deadline for public comments on the state air permit for the site’s backup generators.

The 341,000-square-foot data center sits on 143 acres at 4405 Route 1, on the former Princeton Nurseries site. The township Planning Board approved it in May 2025.

Princeton University sold the land in 2024 to WRV Nurseries South Brunswick Owner LLC, the applicant on the township approvals. Sentinel Data Centers is the developer.

Bloomberg LP confirmed to Patch last month that it is the tenant of the building. Bloomberg spokesman Ty Trippet said the facility is not an AI data center or a hyperscale facility. He said its peak power use will be 30 megawatts.

Read more: Bloomberg Confirms It’s Tenant Of South Brunswick Data Center

The state Department of Environmental Protection’s draft air permit for the project is in Sentinel’s name. It would allow 12 diesel-fired emergency generators, each rated at 3,620 kilowatts, to supply backup power when the main power supply is not available. Testing would be capped at 28 hours a year. DEP said its health risk assessment found the risk “negligible.”

About 200 people attended DEP’s public hearing on the permit on Sept. 23. After state legislators asked for more time, DEP extended the comment period to Nov. 9.

Written comments are due Monday, Nov. 9. They can be submitted two ways:

• Online, using the form at dep.nj.gov/boss/permit-comment-form

• By mail to Nibras Mir, NJDEP, 401 E. State St., 2nd Floor, P.O. Box 420, Mail Code 401-02, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420. Reference “Draft Permit Comments for PN-DC1, PI 19525 PCP250001.”

Registration

Attendees are asked to register online with their name and email. They can also give a party size and add a note. As of Wednesday morning, the event page showed 52 spots remaining.

Use the church’s front door on Walnut Lane. There’s street parking on Houghton Road and nearby neighborhood streets, where no permit is needed after school hours. The high school parking lot, which you can reach from Houghton Road, is also available.

Climate Revolution NJ runs a campaign called “Build Communities, Not Data Centers.” According to its website, the Climate Revolution Action Network is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, and its CRAN Education Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit.

For questions, email info@climaterevolutionnj.org.

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