New Jersey

The largest footprint in New Jersey belongs to Equinix, Inc., behind 8 tracked facilities. Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Prime Data Centers, and Verizon Communications Inc. round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.

Geographically, the buildout clusters: Hudson County leads New Jersey with 13 facilities and a composite risk score of 15/100. Middlesex County and Somerset County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.

Most of the New Jersey fleet we track is already operating, which shifts the public conversation from "should this be built" to scrutiny of the deals already struck — the tax abatements granted, the water permits issued, and the rate impacts now showing up on bills.

We also surface the accountability trail: 8 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for New Jersey below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.