Garfield Township Tees Up Data Center Moratorium; Incomplete Application Submitted for Project
By Beth Milligan | July 24, 2026
Garfield Township is teeing up a potential moratorium on data centers that would allow officials to spend up to 18 months updating the township zoning ordinance to better address such projects. In the meantime, an application has been submitted for a small-scale data center on 3.45 acres on Sybrandt Road near the Sara Lee plant. However, Township Planning Director John Sych says the site plan is incomplete and cannot be considered for approval until updated by developers.
Attendees packed Garfield Township Hall earlier this month and gave 90 minutes of public comment – the vast majority opposed to data centers – when planning commissioners considered a zoning update. That update, …
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