Gov. Sherrill signed a law forcing New Jersey data centers to publicly report water and energy use and issued new siting guidance for municipalities — a paperwork mandate, not a building freeze. New Jersey Monitor
State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez is pushing Hochul to sign a separate data-center bill even as Executive Order 62's 50-megawatt pause is already in effect. Spectrum News
Bergen County's mayor says the old Nabisco plant site is off the table for a data center, one more New Jersey parcel taken out of the buildout pipeline. Patch
CBRE's new numbers show record data-center construction nationally still isn't closing the capacity gap — the demand pulling on electrical and mechanical crews everywhere, New York included. Data Center Frontier
New Brunswick approved a tax break for a $175 million Middlesex County office project, the kind of incentive that usually shows up before a GC bid list, not after. jerseydigs.com
A trucking firm just leased 250,000 square feet in a Perth Amboy warehouse, a sign North Jersey's industrial space still isn't sitting empty. re-nj.com
Spectrum News NY1 reports a fresh data-center fight has broken out roughly 30 miles north of Manhattan — worth watching against Rockland's already-paused pipeline. Spectrum News NY1