NEW JERSEY
The Active Infrastructure team has nearly two decades of experience in New Jersey, developing or acquiring over six million square feet of industrial real estate throughout the state. As a leader in site selection, entitlement, development, and management in New Jersey, our unmatched knowledge of the market coupled with our expansive contacts in state and local government allows our team to meet our customers’ requirements expeditiously with multiple sites ready for fit-out according to customers’ specifications.
The New Jersey data center market has steadily grown over the past three decades given its proximity to the heart of the financial services sector in New York City and other major sectors in the greater New York metropolitan area, including pharmaceutical, telecommunications, technology, and energy. In addition to hosting tech giants Google and Meta, Northern New Jersey is home to several industry enterprise locations, disaster recovery/business continuity operations, and multitenant colocation facilities. Its proximity to New York City, status as the most densely populated state in the country, and fifth highest median income state all make it an attractive market for hosting data.
Latency
New Jersey has a robust telecommunications and fiber network that can be attributed to its history as the home to AT&T, regional bell operating companies, and over a dozen Fortune 500 companies. Areas closer to New York City, such as Secaucus, Jersey City, and Weehawken can frequently offer the same ultra-low latency as a Manhattan data center.
Taxes and Incentives
New Jersey does not offer a sales tax exemption for the purchase of data center-related equipment; however, the state does not impose a business property tax. While proposals have been floated to create a statewide data center sales tax exemption program, this legislation is not expected to be enacted in the near future. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority offers incentives tied to job creation and capital investment that data centers may qualify. The value of such incentives are partially offset by the requirement that projects receiving State assistance must agree to pay prevailing wages to construction and service workers.