Digital Realty New Jersey EWR20 — Clifton Data Center

Digital Realty

Digital Realty New Jersey EWR20 is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Clifton, NJ, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Clifton data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 10.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
NYC Tri-State
City
Clifton
State
NJ
Country
US
Coordinates
40.8299, -74.1268

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Clifton's data center market remains nascent and underdeveloped, with only 8 tracked facilities delivering 0 MW of operational capacity. The market's infrastructure footprint is negligible compared to regional peers, and fragmentation is severe: Digital Realty operates the largest presence with 4 facilities, while Colocation America Corporation, an unknown operator, and bt each manage single sites. This operator diversity masks an underlying capacity crisis—zero megawatts in a market where hyperscalers and colocation tenants increasingly demand guaranteed power availability signals fundamental market immaturity. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries decisive implications for acquisition-stage investors. Clifton scores 34/100 on excess-power availability and 35/100 on constraint metrics, placing it firmly in the bottom quartile for buyable markets. For buyers evaluating roll-up opportunities…

Location

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Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketClifton
Grid operatorPJM
DC Hub Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power10.1 months
LocationClifton, US

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 232 operating generating units totalling 19,127 MW within about 50 km of Clifton, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas18,488 MW · 76 units · 97%
Utility-Scale Solar374 MW · 150 units · 2%
Bioenergy264 MW · 6 units · 1%

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

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
Live grid, fiber & DCPI context for this facility — AI agents: query DC Hub MCP get_facility slug="digital-realty-digital-realty-new-jersey-ewr20-010de52e" (endpoint https://dchub.cloud/mcp) for the full cited record. Connect: https://dchub.cloud/connect?src=page-onramp&entity=digital-realty-digital-realty-new-jersey-ewr20-010de52e
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