QTS Jersey City (JCY1) is a data center operated by QTS in Jersey City, NJ, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Jersey City data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.9-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 Jersey City — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Jersey City — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Jersey City's data center market is severely constrained by regulatory hostility and limited growth runway. The market currently hosts 101 tracked facilities totaling 100 MW across five major operators, with Inap Jersey, QTS, Colt Technology Services New Jersey, and Enzu each running two facilities apiece. However, this modest footprint masks a deeper problem: the Jersey City Council has voted to ban data centers on industrial property, and the city has implemented a broader stand-alone data center prohibition that has effectively frozen new development. No recent M&A activity has been recorded in the market. The DCPI verdict of 34/100 on both excess-power and constraint dimensions signals clear avoidance for institutional investors. A score of 34 on excess-power indicates the market lacks sufficient surplus capacity to absorb new anchor tenants or support expansion by incumbents. The…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around QTS Jersey City (JCY1) 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 228 operating generating units totalling 18,057 MW within about 50 km of Jersey City, 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.
Comparable facilities in Jersey City tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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