How much does colocation cost in New York and New Jersey?
Recent quotes we received for Northeast ran $200 to $240 per kW per month for up to 500 kW, falling to $165 to $205 above 1 MW. CBRE's published asking band for New York Tri-State is $190 to $235 per kW per month for 250 to 500 kW, N+1/Tier III.
| Deployment | Monthly rate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 500 kW | $200 to $240/kW-mo | Our quotes |
| Over 500 kW to 1 MW | $180 to $220/kW-mo | Our quotes |
| Over 1 MW | $165 to $205/kW-mo | Our quotes |
| 250 to 500 kW, N+1/Tier III, asking rent | $190 to $235/kW-mo | CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H1 2026, first half of 2026 |
Smaller deployments cost more per kW. These are recent quotes we received, not a statement that space is available. Cross-connects, remote hands and one-time setup are extra. Operators often give 2–3 free months on a new term. See every region's quote ranges.
New York cabinet and cage prices
Smaller deployments are priced per cabinet or per cage rather than per kW. Use these monthly ranges to set a first-pass budget. They are not provider offers, and a building on this page is not a claim that space is available in it.
| Requirement | Monthly range | Power and bandwidth assumed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 2U | $275 to $470/mo | 1 to 3 A at 120 V, 1 to 5 TB of transfer |
| Half cabinet, 24U | $1,090 to $1,300/mo | 2 to 3 kW, 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps |
| Full cabinet, 48U | $1,465 to $1,600/mo | 2 to 5 kW, 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps |
| High-density cabinet, 48U | $2,325 to $4,690/mo | 10 to 17 kW, three-phase |
| Private cage, 4 racks | $5,435 to $5,940/mo | 5 kW per rack, 1 Gbps |
| High-density private cage, 4 racks | $15,515 to $21,885/mo | 20 kW per rack, 1 Gbps |
Based on quotes we received in the 30 days before 21 October 2026. Taxes, cross-connects, remote hands and one-time costs are extra. Replace these ranges with a normalized written quote before approval. How power is billed is covered in how colocation power is billed.
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Capacity operators are offering here
- 500 kW in New Jersey, available now (confirmed October 23, 2026) AC-027
- 100 kW in New York metro, available now (confirmed October 22, 2026) AC-020
Operator-reported and dated, not a reservation. The building is named on a call. See every listing.
What providers in New York and New Jersey post as a list price
Most colocation in New York and New Jersey is quoted, not posted. The provider below is the exception: it publishes a monthly price on its own website, and every row links to that page. It is a smaller regional operator. The large operators here do not publish prices at all, so read these as a floor and a sanity check, not as what an enterprise contract lands at.
| Monthly | Provider | Offer | Power included | Per usable kW | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,250 | NatcoWeb | Full cabinet. Clifton, New Jersey. Month to month, no setup fee | 20A, voltage not stated | Power not stated | 10 Mbps |
Each price was read on the provider's own page on the date shown. Usable kW is 80% of the circuit rating, with a redundant A+B pair counted once, and is only worked out where the provider states both amps and volts. "From" is the provider's own word for a starting price. Providers whose networks carry spam or abuse flags are left out whatever their price. A posted price is not availability, and bundles differ in bandwidth and power, so compare the whole row rather than the first column. How power is billed is covered in how colocation power is billed.
Send it over and a scout will tell you how it compares with these posted prices and with the published benchmarks for this market. There is no obligation.
Who is actually plugged in across New York Tri-State
A building existing and a building being connected are different facts, and only one of them decides whether your traffic can get where it needs to go cheaply. These figures come from PeeringDB, which the network operators themselves maintain, so every row below links to the building's own public entry.
| Measure | Figure | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Buildings listed | 95 | Registered in PeeringDB across New York Tri-State, by 46 operators |
| Buildings with a network present | 81 | 14 carry no network presence, which usually means single tenant or simply unregistered |
| Network presences | 1,289 | Counted per building, so a carrier in three buildings counts three times |
| Internet exchange presences | 95 | Where you can reach many networks through one port instead of many cross-connects |
| Carrier presences | 64 | The physical transport choice you can buy without leaving the building |
| In the densest building | 13% | Digital Realty NYC (60 Hudson) holds 162 of the market's network presences |
The most connected buildings here
| Networks | Building | Operator | Exchanges | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | Digital Realty NYC (60 Hudson) | Digital Realty | 8 | 8 |
| 130 | Digital Realty NYC (111 8th Ave) | Digital Realty | 6 | 3 |
| 130 | Equinix NY2/NY4/NY5/NY6 - New York, Secaucus | Equinix, Inc. | 10 | 7 |
| 110 | 165 Halsey Meet-Me Room | Tishman Real Estate Services | 5 | 6 |
| 76 | Equinix NY9 - New York, 111 8th Avenue | Equinix, Inc. | 4 | 3 |
| 46 | Telehouse - New York Chelsea | Telehouse - Global Data Centers | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | Equinix NY1 - New York, Newark | Equinix, Inc. | 2 | 5 |
| 40 | Digital Realty NYC (32 AofA) | Digital Realty | 3 | 1 |
From PeeringDB, which is maintained by the network operators present in these buildings rather than by the landlords, which is what makes it worth more than a directory. Two limits. Entries are voluntary, so a building showing no networks may be single tenant or may simply never have registered. And a network being present says nothing about whether the building has space, power or a price for you: that is still a call.
New York Tri-State buildings, one page each
| Building | Area | Operators | Networks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 Hudson Street | Tribeca, Manhattan | Digital Realty | 162 |
| 111 8th Avenue | Chelsea, Manhattan | Digital Realty, Equinix, DataBank | 130 |
| Equinix Secaucus | Secaucus, New Jersey | Equinix | 130 |
| 165 Halsey Street | Newark, New Jersey | Tishman Real Estate Services, Equinix | 110 |
| 32 Avenue of the Americas | Tribeca, Manhattan | Digital Realty | 40 |
| 85 10th Avenue | Chelsea, Manhattan | Telehouse, Lumen | 46 |
| 300 JFK Boulevard East | Weehawken, New Jersey | Centersquare, Lumen | 10 |
| 2 Peekay Drive | Clifton, New Jersey | Digital Realty | 11 |
| QTS Piscataway | Piscataway, New Jersey | QTS | 34 |
| Iron Mountain Edison | Edison, New Jersey | Iron Mountain | 22 |
Cage colocation in the Tri-State area: New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
A private cage in the Tri-State area is a locked, dedicated space inside a shared data center, offered in New York, Northern New Jersey, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. Manhattan and Newark carrier buildings suit dense interconnection. Northern New Jersey campuses suit larger enterprise cages. Orangeburg, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut suit teams that want an alternative to the core carrier buildings. The table below shows what to confirm in each.
| Submarket | Start here when you need | Confirm before shortlisting |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan and Newark carrier buildings | Dense interconnection and proximity to specific carriers or counterparties | Required cross-connects, usable power and cabinet density in the actual building |
| Northern New Jersey campuses | Space for enterprise cabinets, private cages or larger deployments | Latency to your endpoints, energization date and expansion rights |
| Orangeburg and Hudson Valley | An alternative outside the core carrier buildings | Network paths, operational access and the delivery status of the proposed space |
| Connecticut | Proximity to a Connecticut team or workload | The specific facility, carrier routes and whether a New York or New Jersey option also meets the requirement |
Give every provider the same brief: rack count, usable kW per rack, who needs access, the carriers you must reach and the date you need it live. Ask for space, power, cross-connects, remote hands, cage build and setup as separate lines, and compare the same term across proposals. Our private cage contract checklist covers the terms to settle before signing, and the colocation RFP spreadsheet keeps the quotes comparable.
New York Tri-State by the numbers
Northern New Jersey carries the trading and market-data infrastructure the financial industry runs on. Manhattan carries the media, advertising and enterprise demand that wants to sit next to it. The requirement here is proximity to a named exchange, carrier hotel or counterparty, not cheap kilowatts.
| Measure | Figure | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Wholesale inventory | 190.0 MW | CBRE's tracked market inventory |
| Available capacity | 13.7 MW | At the reporting cutoff; not necessarily one contiguous block |
| Vacancy | 7.2% | Published market rate, not a building-specific availability check |
| Net absorption | −1.4 MW | First half of 2026 |
| Under construction | 142.1 MW | Construction inventory at the report's cutoff |
| Preleased construction | 93.8 MW | Already committed within the construction pipeline |
Sources: CBRE H1 2026, Figure 1, and the New York Tri-State chapter, Figures 1 and 2. CBRE describes few options for requirements exceeding 5 MW of contiguous capacity. The snapshot does not establish today's sellable space, usable power or delivery date at a named facility.
Power and delivery: check the state, utility and hall
Power and permitting depend on the building's state and serving utility. A campus announcement, an operating building or a completed utility study does not establish the power available to your deployment. Ask for the named hall's usable kW allocation and the work still needed to deliver it.
New York's permit rule has a defined scope. The July 14, 2026 executive order, EO62, pauses specified discretionary DEC applications for covered construction or expansion that were not deemed complete before July 14. Its definition generally covers sites capable of consuming at least 50 MW, including grouped facilities on the same or contiguous sites, with stated exclusions. The order ties the pause to submission of the final environmental review and findings; it does not give a fixed expiry date. Local-government permissions are outside that provision. It does not apply to New Jersey or Connecticut. Confirm the proposed project's coverage and current permit status.
| Service territory | What the utility guidance establishes | What to obtain for your offer |
|---|---|---|
| Con Edison, New York | Load and site details, engineering review, installation approvals and connection are separate steps. | The service layout, remaining utility work and connection status for the proposed hall. |
| PSE&G, New Jersey | A data-center feasibility study assesses service, voltage, capacity and the timing and cost of utility work. | The study outcome and outstanding work. A study schedule is not an energization commitment. |
| Eversource, Connecticut | The 2024 service manual calls for early consultation on primary/high-voltage service and municipal inspection before new or upgraded service is energized. | Confirmation of the serving utility, applicable current requirements, inspection status and service arrangements. |
Sources checked November 1, 2026: Con Edison's contractor guide, PSE&G's data-center process, and Eversource's 2024 Connecticut service manual, articles 126, 301 and 605, retained by East Hampton. These sources describe service processes, not a site's available capacity.
What to put behind the move-in date
Our quote-review checklist separates the work needed for your deployment from the building's overall status.
| Offer | Evidence to request before committing |
|---|---|
| Cabinets in an operating hall | Reserved cabinets, usable kW, circuit arrangement, supported cooling and the installation and acceptance dates in writing. |
| A private cage or hall fit-out | Cage design, equipment procurement, inspections, cross-connect delivery and acceptance milestones, with an owner for each step. |
| A new phase or utility upgrade | Remaining permits, utility work and power allocation, commissioning and customer acceptance conditions, plus contract remedies for delay. |
What drives a Tri-State quote
- Cross-connects. Obtain monthly and installation charges for each required connection, including any carrier or meet-me-room fees.
- The building. Compare the same rack, power and network requirement in the proposed carrier building and campus. Test latency to your actual endpoints before choosing a location.
- Power path. An available cage in a building that cannot energize you is not availability. Confirm power before space.
- Renewal terms. Put annual increases, renewal pricing and expansion rights in the comparison before signing.
- Density. Confirm the usable kW, circuit arrangement and approved cooling design for the specific hall.
For larger requirements, see how wholesale space is bought. National ranges are on what colocation costs.
When the Tri-State is the right answer
When the latency requirement is specific: a named exchange, counterparty or carrier hotel, or users who will notice. If the only driver is a New York headquarters, compare Northern Virginia for interconnection depth at better economics, and a suburban New Jersey campus before paying for the expensive buildings. For an eastern Pennsylvania option, see the Lehigh Valley.
Split the requirement. Put the latency-critical part in the expensive building and everything else in a New Jersey campus or another market. Buyers who price the whole estate at Tri-State rates usually pay a premium on workloads that never needed it.
What has been announced in New York Tri-State
Treat announced MW, requested utility load and commissioned IT load as separate measures. State approvals and utility work must be checked at the named site. The linked permit report provides selected filing evidence with its geographic limits; it is not a complete list of announced projects or available space. See that page.
Announced capacity is collected by hand from trade reporting and company statements, and each figure links to the report it came from. It is never added to a permit count: a permit is a document a jurisdiction issued, an announcement is a plan a company published. Neither is availability.
Every New York Tri-State facility we track
97 data centers across New York Tri-State, from our verified inventory. It is the layer that says whether a building exists yet, which no permit record answers directly.
| Status | Facilities | What it means for a search |
|---|---|---|
| Operational | 89 | Recorded as operating. Confirm space, usable power and the delivery date for your deployment |
| Under construction | 1 | Recorded as under construction. Confirm remaining work, power allocation and a written delivery date |
| Planned | 7 | Announced or entitled, not yet built. Treat every date on these as a forecast |
| Building area on file | 43,429,560 SF | Across the 91 facilities where a size is recorded, of 97 |
| Largest single building | 2,900,000 SF | DataBank, New York |
Operators with the most facilities here: Digital Realty (12), Equinix (11), Csquare (7), DataBank (6), QTS (5), 365 Data Centers (4), Cologix (4), CoreSite (4), CyrusOne (4), DataVerge (3).
Where they cluster: New York (16), Secaucus (12), Piscataway (9), Somerset (6), Newark (4), Orangeburg (4).
The largest buildings coming to this market
8 facilities here are under construction or planned. These are the ten largest by floor area, and a size on file is not a promise of a delivery date.
| Operator | Status | Building size | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Data Centers | Under Construction | 340,985 SF | South Brunswick, NJ |
| Digital Realty | Planned | 275,000 SF | Totowa, NJ |
| CoreSite | Planned | 132,000 SF | Secaucus, NJ |
| Digital Realty | Planned | 127,000 SF | Piscataway, NJ |
| DataBank | Planned | Not on file | Orangeburg, NY |
| Lincoln Property Group | Planned | Not on file | Hopewell Junction, NY |
| QTS | Planned | Not on file | Hightstown, NJ |
| QTS | Planned | Not on file | Hightstown, NJ |
From our verified inventory rather than from a public record, so these rows carry no filing link and street addresses are held back. These buildings are verified, which is not the same as their space being available: every facility above may be full, pre-leased, or closed to your size. Finding out is a call, not a lookup. See what a verified building does and does not mean.