Early optimism about AI data centers runs into new reality

Lucy Harper, NJ State House News Service • July 14, 2026

Ambitious plans to provide tax breaks to build data centers in New Jersey have run up against rising energy costs and opposition from local communities.

Effort advances to make polluters pay for environmental damage

Lucy Harper, NJ State House News Service • June 24, 2026

The “Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act” will now get vote in the full New Jersey Assembly.

New Jersey lawmakers push to require data center reports on electricity and water usage

Lucy Harper, NJ State House News Service • June 4, 2026

A State Assembly committee passed the measure. An identical bill has already been approved by the Senate.