Barclays Datacenter is a data center operated by Barclays in Kenilworth, NJ, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Newark data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.3-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Newark — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Newark — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Newark's data center market is functionally dormant, with zero operational megawatts across 13 tracked facilities and a DCPI verdict of AVOID driven by balanced but prohibitive constraints on both power availability and physical buildout. The excess-power score of 34/100 indicates tight margins between supply and demand, while the constraint rating of 33/100 reflects acute limitations in real estate, permitting, or transmission capacity that prevent rapid capacity expansion. Fragmentation among operators—Crown Castle Inc., DataBank, DataBank Ltd., and Digital Space Group Limited each operating single facilities—suggests no dominant player with either operational efficiency or development momentum in the market. For acquisition-focused investors, Newark presents a clear pass under current market conditions. The dual-constraint profile mirrors Washington DC's predicament 35/100…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 258 operating generating units totalling 17,115 MW within about 50 km of Kenilworth, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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