Barclays Datacenter
Middlesex County, NJ
Source: OpenStreetMap
Barclays Datacenter is a mapped data center in Middlesex County, NJ. DataCentersExposed has documented a 352,286 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkBarclays Datacenter is a 352,286 square foot facility in Middlesex County, New Jersey, operated by and tied to the British bank Barclays. The site draws power from Public Service Electric and Gas Co and sits within the PJM grid. It is currently mapped, and details on its capacity, subsidies, and environmental footprint remain limited.
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- Term Sheet: The latest data centre securitisation, ING backs a timber frame development, Arini finances UK self-storagepei-privaterealestate.com· Jul 19, 2026
- EdgeConneX deal signals more data centre securitisations aheadpei-privaterealestate.com· Jul 16, 2026
- Blackstone lands a $2.05bn CMBS loan for QTS-sponsored data center portfoliopei-privaterealestate.com· Jul 14, 2026
- Iceotope raises $26m to fund liquid cooling product developmentData Center Dynamics· May 18, 2026
- Barclays Climate Ventures backs Iceotope in $26M round for AI data centre coolingTech Funding News· May 14, 2026
- Ford surges nearly 20% in two days. It might be an AI 'meme' stock after energy pivotCNBC· May 14, 2026
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 ~70 to 150 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 (Central), 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, Randolphville Elementary School in Piscataway, is 0.5 mi from this site (445 students). 3 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.