165 Halsey / Equinix NY1 / Databank EWR1
165 Halsey Street · Newark, Essex County, NJ
Source: OpenStreetMap
165 Halsey / Equinix NY1 / Databank EWR1 is an operating data center in Essex County, NJ, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 89,363 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: link165 Halsey is an operating colocation data center in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, run by Equinix, Inc. Its reported footprint is 89,363 square feet. The site draws power from Public Service Electric & Gas Co inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentEquinix, Inc.
- Files asEquinix, Inc.
- This facility165 Halsey / Equinix NY1 / Databank EWR1
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Equinix Representative Clears Up Concerns About Minooka Data Center Campus ProjectWSPYnews.com· Apr 25, 2026
- NJ Electricity Costs Have Surged A Shocking 17 Percent: Here’s WhyPatch· Mar 25, 2026
- PGIM Buys Melbourne Site for Data Centre Campus, Plans $850M First PhaseMingtiandi· Feb 13, 2026
- Bloom Energy’s stock is up 1,000% in a year because its fuel cells are solving AI’s data center power problemFortune· Oct 16, 2025
- News | Brookfield to invest $5 billion to deploy fuel cells at data centersCoStar· Oct 16, 2025
- JLL report shows New Jersey emerging as top-five data center marketROI-NJ· Aug 25, 2025
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's PSEG pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~15 to 40 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Northeast Urban), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Newark Evening Educational Center in Newark, is 477 ft from this site. 23 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.