Mercer County, New Jersey
Mercer County, New Jersey has 119 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 121.1 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 171.4 MW of planned generation across 2 projects. That is 14.7% of New Jersey's data center MW.
Mercer County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 119 MW of data centers against 121.1 MW of plants, with 171.4 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 119 MW
The data center pipeline
1 record list a year online or expected, from 2014 to 2014. No record lists a year at or after the snapshot.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 119 |
Who is building in Mercer
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| QTS | 1 | 119 |
Power generation in the county
35 plants operate inside Mercer County, 121.1 MW. The queue adds 171.4 MW across 2 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Mercer County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 1 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 170 |
| Solar | Operating | 26 | 77.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 1.4 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 7 | 41.6 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 1.2 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2 | 171.4 |
Mercer County against its neighbors
Middlesex County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 235.1 MW, more than Mercer County. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex County | 5 | 16 | 0.08x | ||
| Mercer County this page | 1 | 171 | 0.98x | ||
| Hunterdon County | 1 | 40 | 0x | ||
| Burlington County | 0 | 5 | 0x | ||
| Monmouth County | 0 | 61 | 0x | ||
| Somerset County | 0 | 3 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Mercer County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Mercer County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Mercer County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 38 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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