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QTS Jersey City (JCY1)

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OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

QTS Jersey City (JCY1) is an operating data center in Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County), operated by QTS Data Centers.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
QTS Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
95 Christopher Columbus Drive, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07302
Coordinates
40.7169, -74.0338 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. March 17, 2011
    Operating
    QTS announced a 50,000 sq ft / 5+ MW expansion of its existing Jersey City data center, available late Q2 2011 Source: Data Center Knowledge

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Jersey City (JCY1) in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Multi-floor data center inside a high-rise at 95 Christopher Columbus Drive (PeeringDB lists Floor 16). 2011 expansion added 50,000 sq ft of raised floor and more than 5 MW. Coordinates from the PeeringDB facility record.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Our reporting on this site

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the QTS Jersey City (JCY1) data center in Jersey City?

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Jersey City (JCY1) in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the QTS Jersey City (JCY1) data center?

No lawsuit over QTS Jersey City (JCY1) appears in the record we track as of September 21, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does QTS Jersey City (JCY1) use?

No water withdrawal figure for QTS Jersey City (JCY1) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates QTS Jersey City (JCY1), and how big is it?

QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 38 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS Jersey City (JCY1)," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-jersey-city-nj.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/qts-jersey-city-nj, retrieved October 1, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.QTS Jersey City (JCY1), PeeringDB facility record · PeeringDB · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.QTS Expands Jersey City Data Center · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved September 21, 2026

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