Barclays Datacenter

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Barclays Datacenter is a data center operated by Barclays in Piscataway, NJ, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Piscataway data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.7-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Piscataway
State
NJ
Country
US

What changed

Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Piscataway — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Piscataway — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Piscataway's data center footprint remains modest and underdeveloped, with 25 tracked facilities delivering only 80 MW of aggregate capacity. The market is fragmented across multiple operators, with QTS Realty operating 4 facilities the largest identified player and a significant portion of capacity—3 facilities totaling unknown MW—held by operators whose identities remain untracked. Power infrastructure constraints are acute: the market scores 34/100 on excess-power availability and 35/100 on overall constraint metrics, placing it among the most structurally challenged regional markets for new investment. The AVOID verdict reflects immediate, material barriers to acquisition and expansion activity. An excess-power score of 34/100 signals that grid capacity insufficient to support enterprise-scale colocation growth or hyperscale buildouts without substantial infrastructure upgrades. The…

Location

Area Piscataway, NJ, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketPiscataway
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power18.7 months
LocationPiscataway, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Barclays Datacenter in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

Atlantic MetroCentersquare-AS12213Cogent Communications, Inc.DataBankFlowbirdMegaport Global AccessPilot Fiber, Inc.RamNodeZayo

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 279 operating generating units totalling 18,321 MW within about 50 km of Piscataway, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas17,480 MW · 62 units · 95%
Utility-Scale Solar662 MW · 212 units · 4%
Bioenergy178 MW · 5 units · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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