Equinix data center, PHILADELPHIA

Equinix is an operating data center in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, run by Equinix, Inc. State records list 1 tracked environmental enforcement record tied to the site. It draws power from Peco Energy Co inside the PJM grid.

• Core Scientific Adds Former Equinix CEO Steve Smith to Board as AI Data Center Expansion Accelerates

  citybiz· May 26, 2026
• Equinix pitches expansion of its Data Center Alley footprint

  The Business Journals· Mar 25, 2026
• Equinix Eyes Bigger Footprint In Ashburn’s Data Center Alley

  Hoodline· Mar 25, 2026
• Who’s Funding the Data Center Boom?

  CommercialSearch· Mar 4, 2026
• CPP Investments and Equinix buying data centre company atNorth

  CTV News· Feb 27, 2026
• PG&E expands grid capacity to power 82,000-square-foot Equinix data center in San Jose

  The Business Journals· Jan 21, 2026

These tax breaks are recorded to Equinix, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• The Climate Change Agreement$0
  HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• The Climate Change Agreement$0
  HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

• Clean Air Actno penalty
  formal · reported 2024-11-14

• Clean Air Act permitted sourcePAPAM0004210110206
  NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's RTO pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Philadelphia), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, The Sd Of Philadelphia Virtual Academy in Philadelphia, is 534 ft from this site (904 students). 20 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.