Data Storage Center Proposed for East Greenwich NJ Residential Property

American Tower is seeking approval to build a 17,000-square-foot unmanned data storage center on a six-acre, residentially zoned property at 114 Mantua Road in East Greenwich, Gloucester County, New Jersey. The site is currently home to an existing American Tower cell tower and is adjacent to the Oak Ridge housing development. The proposal, which is on the agenda for the April 21, 2026, East Greenwich Planning and Zoning Board meeting, requires preliminary and final major site plan approval and a conditional use approval. The property is zoned R-10 (medium-density residential), which does not list warehouses or data centers as permitted uses, according to the township's zoning code. The article suggests American Tower may be leveraging the existing cell tower approval to seek conditional use for the data center, though this remains unclear. Residents have already expressed interest and potential concerns about the project in online community groups. The article notes that details regarding the data center's energy usage, cooling systems, and water demand have not yet been released. American Tower, primarily known for its communications towers, appears to be expanding into the data center sector by utilizing excess land at its existing tower sites.