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Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1)

South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey · All 4 Sentinel Data Centers sites

Under constructionContestedRecord updated September 21, 2026

Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) is a data center under construction in South Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County), operated by Sentinel Data Centers (applicant: WRV Nurseries South Brunswick Owner, LLC). The public record puts it at announced March 2025, 142.877 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Sentinel Data Centers (applicant: WRV Nurseries South Brunswick Owner, LLC)
Facility type: Data center
Location: 4405 Route 1, South Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ
Coordinates: 40.3630, -74.6020 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 142.877 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: March 2025
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Contested
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

September 21, 2026
Under construction
Core-and-shell construction under way per contractor portfolio (drywall/carpentry package awarded); completion targeted end of 2026. South Brunswick approved the plan in May 2025. Source: Interstate Drywall Corp.
March 11, 2025
Proposed
Preliminary site plan application for ~341,273 sq ft data center in the OC Office Corporate zone of the Princeton Nurseries Redevelopment Area Source: Patch

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) in South Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Resident petition opposing the project reached 887 signatures by June 2026; mayor cited existing Environmental Commission / Planning Board oversight.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Resident petition opposing the project reached 887 signatures by June 2026; mayor cited existing Environmental Commission / Planning Board oversight.

Source: Patch

Notes on the record

~341,000 sq ft single data center building on a ~143-acre segment of the former Princeton Nurseries site (bounded by Ridge Road, Route 1 and Mapleton Road), accessed via a private road to Route 1 at Independence Way. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the parcel from OSM road features, not a parcel-confirmed point. MW not disclosed in any source read.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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DataBank EWR2 (Piscataway) · Piscataway · DataBank15 mi · Operating · 3 MW
Digital Realty New York EWR12 · Piscataway Township · Digital Realty15 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) data center in South Brunswick?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) data center?

No lawsuit over Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1), and how big is it?

Sentinel Data Centers (applicant: WRV Nurseries South Brunswick Owner, LLC) is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 142.877 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Sentinel Princeton Nurseries DC-1 (4405 Route 1)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/sentinel-princeton-nurseries-south-brunswick-nj.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/sentinel-princeton-nurseries-south-brunswick-nj, retrieved October 1, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Massive Data Center Proposed On Route 1 In South Brunswick · Patch · retrieved September 21, 2026
2.Sentinel, Princeton Nurseries DC-1 Data Center, Core and Shell (contractor portfolio) · Interstate Drywall Corp. · retrieved September 21, 2026
3.Petition Seeks To Stop Proposed Data Center Development In South Brunswick · Patch · retrieved September 21, 2026
4.Princeton Nurseries Data Center: Middlesex County (tracker record) · Server Country · retrieved September 21, 2026

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