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CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center

Kenilworth, Union County, NJDeveloper: CoreWeave / Onyx EquitiesCensus GEOID 34039

Stage
Being built
Power
50 MW
the developer's figure
Buildings
1 building
operator page, verified October 27, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings
Land, Water

CoreWeave and Onyx Equities are constructing a 280,000 square foot, 50 MW AI high performance computing data center inside the Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) campus at 2000 Galloping Hill Road in Kenilworth, Union County, New Jersey. It is being built, since May 19, 2026.

How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

1 hearing on the record, 2026

Last verified · 4 sources, 0 primary · Built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

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Details
  • this record's location, ringed
  • parcel outline, from the county parcel record
  • city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
  • county boundary

The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.

How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.

What is known

Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.

Buildings
1 building operator page, verified October 27, 2026
Power it would draw
50 MW the developer's figure About 0 percent of New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
Who leads it
CoreWeave / Onyx Equities as stated by the source
Undisclosed in public filings
Land, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year
The math behind the comparison
  1. CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center, capacity: 50 MW.
  2. New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
  3. 50 ÷ 10,245 = 0 (MW over MW).

Sources:

A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).

Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs 50 MW the developer's figure coreweave.com October 27, 2026
How much water it would use
How loud it would be
Jobs once it runs
Tax it would pay each year

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it CoreWeave / Onyx Equities as stated by the source October 27, 2026
Who is constructing it
How much land
Buildings 1 building operator page, verified October 27, 2026 coreweave.com October 27, 2026
Where its power comes from
Grid connection
How it is cooled

A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.

The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.

Still not public, and where it would show up

The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.

  • Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What was decided

Acts of Union County and Kenilworth about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

DateWhoDecisionSource
Linden The town of Linden is looking to ban AI data centers and took up the issue at a City Council meeting newjersey.news12.com
Linden Linden introduced an ordinance at Monday night's City Council meeting to restrict AI data centers longisland.news12.com
Linden Linden City Council set to introduce ordinance prohibiting artificial intelligence data centers in every zoning district newjerseyglobe.com
Springfield Township Springfield Township Committee voted 3-2 to table Resolution 2026-253 on September 8, 2026 tapinto.net
Kenilworth Kenilworth planning board unanimously approved a data center newjersey.news12.com
June 15, 2026 Summit, NJ Meeting About Proposed Data Center in Andover, NJ Turns Violent Summit City Council 2clips

In Summit, Union County (NJ), Summit City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.

  1. Summit City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official transcribed from the official recording
    "the tension comes from a proposed AI data center on a 97 acre open lot. >> Residents across the region fear the environmental impacts. And when you introduced data center that has massive demands for water, for cooling for fresh water. >> That's taking it away from residents and working families. That becomes a statewide issues. The mayor says a data center would bring in much needed revenue of 5 million dollars a year. That would raise values of your property."
  2. Resident public comment Resident Public Comment transcribed from the official recording
    "passed 2 ordinances paving the way for it to happen. When you have an application coming for a permitted use. >> A land use board is not allowed with very limited circumstances to deny the application. The mayor says it's not a done deal and he's open to changing course. Residents want to see the town. They love preserved. I want to save and know, it's just. >> It's emotional. And this place is beautiful. And I don't"
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What happened

  1. · Status: being built (content date)

    CoreWeave is building a $1.8 billion, 400,000 square foot AI data center at the Northeast Science and Technology Center in Kenilworth, formerly a Merck building, with completion estimated by end of 2027.

    [1] newjersey.news12.com

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The site

The pin is the site's address.

The site map is at the top of the page.

Where
2000 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, Kenilworth, Union County, New Jersey [source]
How exactly it is located
Exact, at the address
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center

USGS NAIP aerial view of CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center
LAT 40.67850 / LON -74.28120 Imagery: U.S. Geological Survey / USDA NAIP (Public Domain)
USGS National Map OpenStreetMap

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The county Union County 1 project on the record. The state Data centers in New Jersey Every New Jersey project, the rules on the record and what comes next. Nearest proposal Bell Works Holmdel Data Center Proposal Holmdel, Monmouth County, 22 mi away · Proposed
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Questions about this project

5 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center?

The record has 2 measures of its size: 50 MW (the developer's figure, coreweave.com) and 1 building (operator page, verified October 27, 2026, coreweave.com). Its acreage is not disclosed.

Who is building CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center?

CoreWeave / Onyx Equities is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

How much power and water does CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center say it needs?

Power: 50 MW (the developer's figure, coreweave.com). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

What has Kenilworth or Union County decided about it?

Linden: The town of Linden is looking to ban AI data centers and took up the issue at a City Council meeting (reported September 19, 2026, newjersey.news12.com); and Linden: Linden introduced an ordinance at Monday night's City Council meeting to restrict AI data centers (September 14, 2026, longisland.news12.com). 5 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.

Sources

Primary documents first: filings, minutes, dockets and official pages. Then reporting. The numbers are the ones the entries above cite.

Reporting

  1. Residents Protest Kenilworth Data Center As Lawmakers Look To Eliminate Ai Tax Credits - connecticut.news12.com, connecticut.news12.com, May 19, 2026, query feed
  2. 'We're going to have major issues.' Kenilworth residents push back against AI data center under construction - connecticut.news12.com, connecticut.news12.com, April 19, 2026, query feed
  3. New Jersey Lawmakers Just Nixed a 2-Year-Old Data Center Tax Credit - Heatmap News, Heatmap News, July 1, 2026, query feed
  4. Data Center Bans Emerge in 4 More New Jersey Communities - GovTech, GovTech, June 22, 2026, query feed

4 sources on file.

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Stage
Being built
Tier
built from one source
Tags
Built from one source
Coordinates
40.6785, -74.2812
How the location is known
Location from the site's street address.
Location source
https://www.coreweave.com/
Coordinate source
Union County MOD-IV / Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Campus
How capacity was disclosed
the developer's figure
Capacity, if disclosed
50 MW, the developer's figure
Published
September 28, 2026
Last verified
October 27, 2026
Undisclosed in public filings
Location source number, Location last verified, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, Cooling, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection, Rating of the county's rows

Researcher view · CoreWeave Kenilworth NEST AI Data Center · 4 sources, 1 entry, 5 decisions nearby · basis and source tier on every row · verified October 27, 2026

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