Secaucus Mayor
Mayor Michael Gonnelli initially told local outlets the leak stemmed from a computer glitch
Data centers in Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus has 1 data center on the record; it is running. No city rule about data centers is on the record for Secaucus yet. Hudson County's own decisions are on the Hudson County page.
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The data center in Secaucus
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.
Equinix Secaucus
Secaucus, Hudson County · Equinix
Latest, reported September 17, 2026: Equinix said the facility has operated since 2001 communitynews.org local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Secaucus: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What happened
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· Equinix Secaucus
Went live: Equinix data center in Secaucus spilled approximately 5000 gallons of diesel fuel into unnamed tributary of Hackensack River gothamist.com local outlet
What was said
Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the leak stemmed from broken valves used in the tank's routine filtration process
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said no drinking water intakes sit near the spill site and no observed harm to local wildlife
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.
Every New Jersey statement, by speaker
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Equinix said two broken valves used in the tank's routine filtration process caused the release
executive director of Hackensack Riverkeeper
A computer glitch caused the spill, according to Hackersack Riverkeeper executive director Bill Sheehan.
Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper, estimated 5,500 gallons spilled
Hackensack Riverkeeper
Anderson Creek is a tidal tributary in the New Jersey Meadowlands with approximately 52 acres of tidal marsh
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
Equinix said it was conducting full investigation to determine root cause and prevent recurrence
Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said the leak was caused by a computer glitch
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
New Jersey DEP confirmed no water intakes in area contaminated and no wildlife impacts reported
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
No drinking water intakes are immediately affected by the diesel spill
Bill Sheehan, Hackensack Riverkeeper
Computer glitch caused the diesel fuel spill at Equinix data center
Ben Dziobek of Climate Revolution Action Network called for statewide moratorium on data centers
Diesel fuel leaked from a storage tank at the Equinix data center in Secaucus
The county and nearby counties
The county Hudson County Its decisions and every record in it 9 miles away Essex County 1 data center on the record · pause on the record 24 miles away Passaic County 2 data centers on the record 27 miles away Middlesex County 4 data centers on the record 30 miles away Somerset County 1 data center on the record
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 |
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 1 tracked facility in Secaucus is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Secaucus is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nj/hudson-county/secaucus, updated September 25, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/nj/hudson-county/secaucus. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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