Equinix is a data center 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 15.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Piscataway — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Piscataway — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Piscataway's data center market consists of 25 tracked facilities totaling 80 MW across a fragmented operator base, but the region faces material constraints that limit near-term investment appeal. The market's excess-power score of 34/100 indicates insufficient grid capacity to support incremental demand, while a constraint rating of 35/100 signals tight operational headroom. QTS Realty operates the largest footprint with four facilities, while three operators remain unidentified in available tracking data, and a single Barclays Capital Data Center presence suggests limited institutional density. The absence of recent M&A activity underscores investor hesitance given these structural limitations. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries direct implications for acquisition-focused investors: Piscataway lacks the power infrastructure to justify premium valuations typical of build-ready markets.…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Equinix 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.
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.
DC Hub tracks 280 operating generating units totalling 17,261 MW within about 50 km of Piscataway, 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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