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Essex County, NJ: 21 MW of existing data centers. Nothing in the pipeline.

We haven't yet searched New Jersey for data center projects beyond the ones we track here.

At a glance · Calculated

Operating
21 MW
4 projects
Under construction
None
0 projects
Planned
None
0 projects
Proposed projects; not all will be built.

Source: Grounded Compute, Essex County NJ data centers, 1 Nov 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/new-jersey/essex-county

Map · Essex County

Somerset CountyBergen CountyEssex CountyHudson CountySussex CountyUnion CountyMorris CountyPassaic CountyBergenEssexHudsonUnionMorrisDataBank · 165 Halsey Street, Newark · Operating · under 100 MWNJ-ESS-0002 · Operating · under 100 MWNJ-ESS-0003 · Operating · under 100 MWNJ-ESS-0004 · Operating · under 100 MWDataBank

4 of 4 projects mapped · locations from our project list · as of 1 Nov 2026

County shading

  • Under 500 MW
  • 500–2,000 MW
  • 2,000+ MW

Data center projects

  • Planned
  • Permitted
  • Under construction
  • Operating
  • Withdrawn

Pin size: MW

MW: Essex and its neighbours

  • Hudson266 MW
    18 projects
  • Passaic31+ MW
    6 projects
  • Essex (this page)21 MW
    4 projects
  • Bergen14 MW
    3 projects
  • Morris13+ MW
    5 projects
  • Union100–500 MW
    2 projects

+ = at least.

Projects (4)

Developer · addressStageMW rangeDatesID
DataBank · 165 Halsey Street, NewarkOperatingunder 100 MWFirst recorded 25 Oct 2026NJ-ESS-0001
Developer and address: in the paid fileOperatingunder 100 MWFirst recorded 25 Oct 2026NJ-ESS-0002
Developer and address: in the paid fileOperatingunder 100 MWFirst recorded 25 Oct 2026NJ-ESS-0003
Developer and address: in the paid fileOperatingunder 100 MWFirst recorded 25 Oct 2026NJ-ESS-0004

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