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Equinix Secaucus

Equinix lists 5 data centers at Secaucus, New Jersey among the sites it operates. It is running, since September 13, 2026.

How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.

Last verified · 20 sources, 6 primary · A skeleton record: built from one source, not yet reviewed in depth by a person. · How to read this page

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.

Land
Not disclosed
Power it would draw
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Reported by others: 100,000,000 gallons a year (Bergen Record). Their figure, not the record's.
Who leads it
Equinix
as stated by the source [17]
Who would use it
Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs
Not disclosed
Tax each year
Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)

Impact figures

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
How much power it needs Not disclosed
How much water it would use Not disclosed
How loud it would be Not disclosed
Jobs once it runs Not disclosed
Tax it would pay each year Not disclosed

The record's fields

FieldValueWho says soSourceLast verified
Who is building it Equinix as stated by the source [17] patch.com September 25, 2026
Who is constructing it Not disclosed
How much land Not disclosed
Where its power comes from Not disclosed
Grid connection Not disclosed
How it is cooled Not disclosed

How much water it would use, also reported: 100,000,000 gallons a year, 2026 (Bergen Record: A medium size data center can consume more than 100 million gallons of water each year) .

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 useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
  • Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
  • Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
  • Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.

What happened

  1. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix said the facility has operated since 2001 [16]

  2. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    By Monday, about 3,500 gallons of diesel had been recovered from the creek [16]

  3. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The leak began the evening of Friday, September 11, 2026 [16]

  4. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The spill flowed into Anderson Creek, an unnamed tributary of the Hackensack River, but did not reach the river itself [16]

  5. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix NY2 facility leaked approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a storage tank [16]

  6. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix said the facility has operated since 2001 and had never had a problem before [15]

  7. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    About 3,500 gallons of diesel had been recovered from the creek by Monday [15]

  8. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The leak flowed into Anderson Creek, an unnamed tributary of the Hackensack River [15]

27 earlier entries
  1. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel from a storage tank [15]

  2. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The Equinix data center in Secaucus has been operational since 2001 [20], also Gothamist local outlet

  3. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The diesel spill entered wetlands and a creek near the Equinix facility in Secaucus, New Jersey [20]

  4. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The diesel spill entered Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River, but the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection confirmed no impact to the Hackensack River. [18]

  5. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix data center at Hartz Way in Secaucus spilled approximately 5,500 gallons of diesel fuel into Anderson Creek on September 11, 2026, at approximately 7:30 p.m. The leak resulted from mechanical failure of two valves in a routine fuel filtration process. [17]

  6. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The spill was reported September 12 and originated from a storage tank at the Equinix data center [14]

  7. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The spill was caused by a computer glitch in Equinix's software that the company was made aware of Friday night [14]

  8. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled about 5,500 gallons of diesel fuel into Anderson Creek on September 11 [14]

  9. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    The spill was caused by a computer glitch in an automated fueling system that kept calling for oil [13]

  10. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Approximately 5,000 to 5,500 gallons of No. 2 diesel spilled from Equinix NY2 data center in Secaucus into Anderson Creek [13]

  11. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix data center has been operating in Secaucus since 2001 [12]

  12. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix hired Clean Harbors to lead remediation of diesel spill [12]

  13. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Spill was contained before reaching main Hackensack River according to DEP [12]

  14. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Approximately 5,000 gallons of Diesel No. 2 spilled from Equinix tank into Anderson Creek tributary of Hackensack River [12]

  15. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Equinix data center in Secaucus detected diesel fuel leak on Friday September 11, 2026 from on site storage tank [12]

  16. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    About 3,500 gallons recovered by September 14 [9]

  17. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Diesel contaminated Anderson Creek in Meadowlands, stopped short of Hackensack River [9]

  18. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    More than 5,000 gallons of No. 2 diesel escaped from storage tank at Equinix data center in Secaucus [9]

  19. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    NJDEP estimated cleanup would continue for several days [11]

  20. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Diesel was contained in Anderson Creek and did not reach the Hackensack River [11]

  21. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Approximately 3,500 gallons of diesel recovered by cleanup crews as of Monday after incident [11]

  22. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    More than 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from Equinix data center storage tank into Anderson Creek tributary [11]

  23. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled from AI data center in Secaucus [8]

  24. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Diesel fuel spill contained; did not reach Hackensack River, contained in Anderson Creek tributary [10]

  25. (source date; the content gives no date of its own)

    Approximately 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel discharged from Equinix data center storage tank in Secaucus [10]

  26. (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)

    Equinix lists Equinix NY2, Equinix NY3, Equinix NY4, Equinix NY5, Equinix NY6 at Secaucus, New Jersey on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [2]

  27. · running (content date)

    Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled approximately 5000 gallons of diesel fuel into unnamed tributary of Hackensack River [19], also [13], also Daily Mail local outlet , also Newser local outlet

The full Equinix Secaucus timeline, in order

What was said

Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the leak stemmed from broken valves used in the tank's routine filtration process
Michael Gonnelli, Secaucus Mayor · September 17, 2026 · paraphrased · thelocalgirl.com local outlet
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Coast Guard monitoring found no observed impacts to the Hackensack River or wildlife from the diesel spill.
Lawrence Hajna, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesman · September 15, 2026 · paraphrased · Patch local outlet

Every statement about data centers in New Jersey, by speaker

14 more statements on this page

Secaucus Mayor

Mayor Michael Gonnelli initially told local outlets the leak stemmed from a computer glitch

September 17, 2026, communitynews.org · communitynews.org local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said no drinking water intakes sit near the spill site and no observed harm to local wildlife

September 17, 2026, communitynews.org · communitynews.org local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Equinix said two broken valves used in the tank's routine filtration process caused the release

September 17, 2026, communitynews.org · communitynews.org local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

executive director of Hackensack Riverkeeper

A computer glitch caused the spill, according to Hackersack Riverkeeper executive director Bill Sheehan.

September 15, 2026, bizpacreview.com · bizpacreview.com local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper, estimated 5,500 gallons spilled

September 15, 2026, streamlinefeed.co.ke · streamlinefeed.co.ke local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Hackensack Riverkeeper

Anderson Creek is a tidal tributary in the New Jersey Meadowlands with approximately 52 acres of tidal marsh

September 15, 2026, Gadget Review · Gadget Review national outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Hackersack Riverkeeper

Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper, stated data centers have operated in Meadowlands for decades without issue but recent growth has left him more worried

September 15, 2026, Attack of the Fanboy · Attack of the Fanboy local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; content date; reported from elsewhere)

Equinix said it was conducting full investigation to determine root cause and prevent recurrence

September 15, 2026, streamlinefeed.co.ke · streamlinefeed.co.ke local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the leak was caused by a computer glitch

September 15, 2026, NBC New York · NBC New York local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Also reported by 1 source: streamlinefeed.co.ke local outlet

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

New Jersey DEP confirmed no water intakes in area contaminated and no wildlife impacts reported

September 15, 2026, NBC New York · NBC New York local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

No drinking water intakes are immediately affected by the diesel spill

September 15, 2026, Gadget Review · Gadget Review national outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper

Computer glitch caused the diesel fuel spill at Equinix data center

September 14, 2026, cbsnews.com · cbsnews.com national outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

Diesel fuel leaked from a storage tank at the Equinix data center in Secaucus

September 14, 2026, News12 | New Jersey · News12 | New Jersey local outlet · the record (Paraphrased; said in the source itself)

The site

Where in Secaucus is not in the public record. The pin marks the center of Secaucus, not a building, and the outline is Hudson County.

  • This record: Running, ringed
  • data center
  • Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
  • Smaller pins: 12 other published records in New Jersey
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.

Where
Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey
How exactly it is located
Town level, the center of the city
The parcel
No parcel outline in the public record
Nearest homes
Not computed for a record placed at a place center
Nearest records
Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at the center of its town.

Comparisons

1 metric with more than one figure

Every figure on the record for the same thing, the record's own or the document's first, each with who gave it, its date and its basis.

Water a year

1 figure, 1 source
100,000,000 gallons a yearReported

Bergen Record, Sep 14, 2026

Show each source's words
  • 100,000,000 gallons a year, Bergen Record: A medium size data center can consume more than 100 million gallons of water each year

Questions about this project

7 questions answered from the record

Answered from the rows on this page.

How big is Equinix Secaucus?

Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.

Who is building Equinix Secaucus?

Equinix is the developer, source. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.

Who will use Equinix Secaucus?

Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.

How much power and water does Equinix Secaucus say it needs?

Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.

Where does Equinix Secaucus stand today?

It is running, since September 13, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 17, 2026: Equinix said the facility has operated since 2001 [16].

What has Secaucus or Hudson County decided about it?

No decision by Secaucus or Hudson County about data centers is on the record. The Hudson County page and the New Jersey scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.

What is still unknown about Equinix Secaucus?

Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.

Sources

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

Primary documents

  1. Equinix: United States and Canada colocation data centers, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  2. Equinix: Equinix NY2, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  3. Equinix: Equinix NY3, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  4. Equinix: Equinix NY4, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  5. Equinix: Equinix NY5, Equinix, September 14, 2026
  6. Equinix: Equinix NY6, Equinix, September 14, 2026

Reporting

  1. NY4: Inside Equinix’s Crown Jewel in New Jersey - DataCenterKnowledge, DataCenterKnowledge, May 30, 2024, query feed
  2. Thousands of gallons of diesel leak at AI data center in Secaucus - cbsnews.com, cbsnews.com, September 14, 2026, local outlet
  3. Equinix Data Center Diesel Spill Contaminates New Jersey Meadowlands Creek - streamlinefeed.co.ke, streamlinefeed.co.ke, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  4. Thousands of gallons of diesel spill from AI data center in Secaucus, N.J. - cbsnews.com, cbsnews.com, September 14, 2026, local outlet
  5. NJ data center leak spills 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river, officials say - NBC New York, NBC New York, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  6. A NJ Data Center Just Spilled 5K Gallons of Diesel Into a Secaucus Creek. Here's What We Know. - New Jersey Digest, New Jersey Digest, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  7. Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Spill at an AI Data Center in New Jersey - Gadget Review, Gadget Review, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  8. Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Spill Into Secaucus Creek From Data Center - The Local Girl, The Local Girl, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  9. AI Data Center Diesel Spill, NJ on Film, Plus More News You Missed in New Jersey - thelocalgirl.com, thelocalgirl.com, September 17, 2026, local outlet
  10. Secaucus Data Center Spills Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Into Hackensack River Tributary - communitynews.org, communitynews.org, September 17, 2026, local outlet
  11. Equinix Explains Diesel Spill Into Creek From Its Data Center - Patch, Patch, September 15, 2026, local outlet
  12. Data center spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into river tributary - bizpacreview.com, bizpacreview.com, September 15, 2026, local outlet
2 more sources
  1. Data center spills 5K gallons of diesel into New Jersey Meadowlands - Gothamist, Gothamist, September 14, 2026, local outlet
  2. Data Center Spills Thousands of Gallons of Diesel Into Wetlands in New Jersey - The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast, September 15, 2026, local outlet

20 sources on file.

Cite this record

Data Center Record, "Equinix Secaucus", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/equinix-secaucus-nj, last verified September 25, 2026.

Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page.

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Data Center Record, "Equinix Secaucus", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/equinix-secaucus-nj. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.

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Slug
equinix-secaucus-nj
Status value
operational
Stage
Running
Tier
skeleton
Tags
skeleton
Place id
us/nj/hudson-county/secaucus
Coordinates
40.7810382, -74.0658954
Location precision
city
Location source
U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb city centroid, public domain
Coordinate source
tigerweb city centroid
Location source number
Not disclosed
Location last verified
September 14, 2026
EPA registry id
Not disclosed
Use type values
not_disclosed
Tenancy value
not_disclosed
Cooling type value
not_disclosed
Capacity basis
not_disclosed
Water basis
not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
Acreage basis
Not disclosed
Interconnection value
not_disclosed
Capacity, if disclosed
Not disclosed
Rating of the county's rows
Not disclosed
Published
2026-09-14
Last verified
2026-09-25