South Ward Environmental Alliance and Ironbound Community Corporation calling for one year moratorium on AI data center development in Newark
Data centers in Newark, New Jersey
Newark has 1 data center on the record; it is running. Newark has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Newark City Council voted in favor of a resolution supporting a 12 month moratorium on AI data center development or expansion, September 21, 2026. Essex County's own decisions are on the Essex County page.
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The data center in Newark
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Equinix NY1
Newark, Essex County · Equinix
Latest, reported September 15, 2026: Equinix has been located in Secaucus since 2001, for 25 years. patch.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Newark: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Newark has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat the city has 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 behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
- Newarkcity
Newark City Council voted on September 9 2026 to approve a resolution supporting a 12 month moratorium on data center development and expansion in the city, September 9, 2026.
1 act on this row
- moratorium
Newark City Council voted on September 9 2026 to approve a resolution supporting a 12 month moratorium on data center development and expansion in the city
Also reported by 1 source
- newjerseyglobe.com local outlet
- moratorium
What happened
What was said
AI data centers cited as posing risks to overburdened communities through electricity and water consumption, air and noise pollution, and limited transparency
Anibal Ramos Jr North Ward Councilman sponsored resolution requiring closed loop chillers and water efficient cooling technology for data centers
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1 more statement on this page
The county and nearby counties
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
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| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
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
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
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| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
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What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Newark is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Newark is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nj/essex-county/newark, updated September 21, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nj/essex-county/newark. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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- city
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