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Data centers in Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Middlesex County has 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 proposed. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Middlesex County yet.

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The 2 data centers in Middlesex County

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Running Built from one source

    Equinix BO2

    Billerica, Middlesex County · Equinix

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed
  2. Reported Built from one source

    Markley Group Lowell Data Center

    Lowell, Middlesex County · Markley Group

    Latest, reported August 11, 2026: The air permit was originally approved by Mass DEP nbcboston.com local outlet

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

2 data centers in Middlesex County: 1 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Middlesex County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Middlesex County on the record (2)

2 of 2 cities have a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record. No city in Middlesex County has a rule, a statement by an official or a rating on the record yet.

CityProjects
Billerica1
Lowell1

What happened

  1. · Markley Group Lowell Data Center

    Now reported: A clinic filed a lawsuit to challenge a data center expansion in Lowell law.yale.edu local outlet

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What was said

A judge found that Lowell residents may have been denied a meaningful opportunity to challenge the project during the state permitting process
Judge (unnamed) · August 11, 2026 · paraphrased · NBC Boston local outlet

Every Massachusetts statement, by speaker

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 2 records

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Permanent jobsNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records
Tax each yearNot disclosed02Not disclosed by any of the 2 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed2Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Middlesex County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Middlesex County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Middlesex County, Massachusetts", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ma/middlesex-county, updated September 17, 2026.

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Place id
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Level
county
Census GEOID
Not disclosed
Rating value
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Scale word
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