VPLS Evocative New York JFK2 — Chappaqua Data Center

Evocative New York (JFK2) is a data center operated by VPLS in Chappaqua, NY, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Orangeburg data-center market on the NYISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.6-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Chappaqua
State
NY
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Orangeburg's data center ecosystem remains nascent and underdeveloped, with 13 tracked facilities generating zero MW of operational capacity. The market shows extreme fragmentation: the largest operator presence is split between two unnamed entities with two facilities each, followed by single-facility operators including 1547 Critical Systems Realty, Bloomberg, DataBank, and ColoHouse Premier Datacenter. The absence of measurable megawatt output despite facility tracking suggests these are either pre-revenue, non-hyperscale, or predominantly colocation assets rather than wholesale or cloud-native infrastructure. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material weight for institutional investors. An excess-power score of 42/100 indicates structural undersupply relative to regional demand, while a constraint rating of 48/100 signals that grid infrastructure limitations are neither solved nor…

Location

Area Chappaqua, NY, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketOrangeburg
Grid operatorNYISO
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power17.6 months
LocationChappaqua, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Evocative New York (JFK2) 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.

Cogent Communications, Inc.

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 132 operating generating units totalling 13,972 MW within about 50 km of Chappaqua, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas13,398 MW · 49 units · 96%
Bioenergy321 MW · 7 units · 2%
Utility-Scale Solar155 MW · 73 units · 1%
Hydropower99 MW · 3 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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