Connecticut town of Trumbull bars new data centers for two years, exempting its existing site
Trumbull's council adopted a two-year moratorium on new data centers on September 9, while Cromwell's planners rejected a one-year pause and New Haven and Ellington weigh their own.
Developers and landowners who saw Trumbull as a data center location now face a two-year stop on new facilities, although the town's one existing data center sits outside it. On September 9, 2026, the Trumbull Town Council approved Resolution TC31-65, which adds to the Trumbull Municipal Code a two-year moratorium on the “establishment and development” of new data centers, by unanimous voice vote and effective immediately, according to Westfair Communications and Connecticut Public; the town's agenda and minutes could not be read.
Trumbull, Conn., Resolution TC31-65 (Town Council Sept. 9, 2026); Cromwell Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, Application No. 26-25 (denied Sept. 24, 2026); Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-3