Data centers in Essex County, Massachusetts
No data center in Essex County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Boston Neighborhood Data Center, about 22 miles away, reported. The nearest running is Equinix BO2 in Billerica, about 21 miles away.
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The closest data centers to Essex County
The nearest data center planned, the nearest running, and any stalled or cancelled within 50 miles, in Massachusetts and the states that border it. Each distance is a straight line between the two points it names.
- Nearest one planned bostonglobe.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
Boston Neighborhood Data Center
Boston, Suffolk County
Latest, reported September 8, 2026: The Westfield data center project received some local permits in 2021
About 22 miles from the center of Essex County to Boston, the seat of Suffolk County.
- Nearest one running
Equinix BO2
Billerica, Middlesex County · Equinix
No dated entry on the record yet.
About 21 miles from the center of Essex County to the center of Billerica.
What Essex County has decided 1 body, 1 decision on the record
What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement one tap away, newest first, with its source.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | city | not rated | Salem City Council passed first reading of a zoning ordinance to ban data centers with an aggregate energy demand of two megawatts or higher on September 25, 2026. patch.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet Sep 251 act on this rowEvery act on the Salem row
| 1 | 2026-09-25 |
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Nearby places with records
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Massachusetts county.
Questions about Essex County
Is there a data center near Essex County?
No data center in Essex County is on the record. The nearest one planned is Boston Neighborhood Data Center, about 22 miles from the center of Essex County to Boston, the seat of Suffolk County, reported. The nearest running is Equinix BO2 in Billerica, about 21 miles from the center of Essex County to the center of Billerica.
answered from the rows aboveIs Essex County allowing new data centers?
No county rule about data centers is on the record for Essex County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The pause on the record (Salem): Salem City Council passed first reading of a zoning ordinance to ban data centers with an aggregate energy demand of two megawatts or higher on September 25, 2026.
answered from the rows aboveAbout this data
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- county
- Census GEOID
- 25009
- Census geography
- County, Essex County
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