# QTS Piscataway 1

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QTS Piscataway 1 is a facility data center in Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ. QTS is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of QTS Piscataway Campus. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G); the profile assigns the asset to PJM through that documented market role. Reported development, power, and commercial facts retain their source-specific facility, campus, building, or phase scope; the page does not collapse those values into a single implied load.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 101 Possumtown Road, Piscataway, Middlesex County, NJ
- Operator: QTS (exact asset) — https://q.com/data-centers/piscataway/
- Owner: QTS (exact asset)
- Utility: Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 26 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2026-09-04 — critical power capacity
- Critical it load: 18 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2026-09-04 — built-out capacity
- Critical it load: 52 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2026-09-04 — current facility capacity
- Critical it load: 15 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2026-09-04 — additional capacity
- Contracted power: 90 MW · target · exact asset · as of 2026-09-04 — planned power by mid-2026
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G)

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Site area: 38 acres
- Gross floor area: 360,000 square feet
- Construction: Existing, operating data center originally developed by DuPont Fabros (acquired by Digital Realty in merger) and later acquired and redeveloped by QTS; the site sits on a multi-building campus at 101 Possumtown Road and has undergone/announced multiple capacity expansion projects including a QTS 15 MW / ~50,000 sq ft raised-floor expansion announced by QTS and a prior acquisition plan to expand raised-floor capacity to ~176,000 sq ft and >26 MW. Current public operator pages describe the Piscataway site and the QTS expansion project; permits/Planning Board filings were submitted seeking approval for a two-story addition (~45,000 sq ft per floor) in early 2022. No authoritative public source in the supplied corpus states a single consolidated final gross-floor area or exact number of data halls; available statements give per-building and campus figures (e.g., 360,000 sq ft historic wholesale facility, and 52–65 MW figures appear in different operator documents).

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation
- Operating context: QTS operates the Piscataway 1 data center as a carrier‑neutral colocation facility with high‑density power, redundant infrastructure, and extensive carrier and fiber connectivity.

## Sources

- [http://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data?api_key=DEMO_KEY&data[]=county&data[]=latitude&data[]=longitude&data[]=nameplate-capacity-mw&data[]=net-summer-capacity-mw&data[]=net-winter-capacity-mw&data[]=operating-year-month&data[]=planned-retirement-year-month&end=2026-06&facets[plantid][]=66314&frequency=monthly&start=2026-06](http://api.eia.gov/v2/electricity/operating-generator-capacity/data?api_key=DEMO_KEY&data[]=county&data[]=latitude&data[]=longitude&data[]=nameplate-capacity-mw&data[]=net-summer-capacity-mw&data[]=net-winter-capacity-mw&data[]=operating-year-month&data[]=planned-retirement-year-month&end=2026-06&facets[plantid][]=66314&frequency=monthly&start=2026-06)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/365-s-randolphville-digital-realty](http://baxtel.com/data-center/365-s-randolphville-digital-realty)
- [http://chirisatechnologyparks.com/](http://chirisatechnologyparks.com/)
- [QTS files for permission to expand Piscataway data center in New Jersey - DCD](http://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-permission-to-expand-piscataway-data-center-in-new-jersey) — DatacenterDynamics · 2022-02-08
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/new-jersey/piscataway/qts-piscataway](http://datacentermap.com/usa/new-jersey/piscataway/qts-piscataway)
- [http://h5datacenters.com/tax-incentives.html](http://h5datacenters.com/tax-incentives.html)
- [http://hobokengirl.com/ai-data-center-secaucus-new-jersey](http://hobokengirl.com/ai-data-center-secaucus-new-jersey)
- [http://investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/34615532-bd63-48e8-9be3-a931309c3820](http://investor.digitalrealty.com/static-files/34615532-bd63-48e8-9be3-a931309c3820)
- [http://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/digital-realty-new-jersey-colocation-piscataway](http://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/digital-realty-new-jersey-colocation-piscataway)
- [http://nj.gov/bpu/pdf/boardorders/2021/20211028/8C%20ORDER%20Digital%20Realty.pdf](http://nj.gov/bpu/pdf/boardorders/2021/20211028/8C%20ORDER%20Digital%20Realty.pdf)
- [http://nj.gov/rpa/case/electric/aboutpseg.html](http://nj.gov/rpa/case/electric/aboutpseg.html)
- [http://ocolo.io/colocation/qts-data-centers/piscataway-1-dc1](http://ocolo.io/colocation/qts-data-centers/piscataway-1-dc1)
- [QTS Acquires DuPont Fabros' 38-Acre New Jersey Data Center Campus](http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/qts-acquires-dupont-fabros-38-acre-new-jersey-data-center-campus-300280302.html) — PR Newswire (QTS press release) · 2016-06-06
- [http://q.com/resources/15mw-of-data-center-expansion-space-in-piscataway-new-jersey](http://q.com/resources/15mw-of-data-center-expansion-space-in-piscataway-new-jersey)
- [http://q.com/resources/new-builds-ashburn-shellhorn-and-piscataway-nj-expansion](http://q.com/resources/new-builds-ashburn-shellhorn-and-piscataway-nj-expansion)
- [CoreSite NJ1 Piscataway (QTS Realty Trust): 65 MW data center in Middlesex, NJ | Data Center Tracker](https://morethanjustparks.com/data-center-tracker/coresite-nj1-piscataway-nj--0a0ba49d-15e3-4418-9ed1-067e1d5a461c)
- [Piscataway - QTS Data Centers](https://q.com/data-centers/piscataway/)
- [15MW of Data Center Expansion Space in Piscataway ...](https://q.com/resources/15mw-of-data-center-expansion-space-in-piscataway-new-jersey/)
- [QTS Piscataway - Server Country | This Is Server Country](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/qts-piscataway-nj/)
- [QTS files for permission to expand Piscataway data center ...](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-files-for-permission-to-expand-piscataway-data-center-in-new-jersey/)
- [QTS Piscataway 1 DC1 Data Center | 101 Possumtown Rd (65 MW)](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/new-jersey/piscataway/qts-piscataway/)
- [QTS Data Centers: Piscataway 1 DC1 | OCOLO](https://www.ocolo.io/colocation/qts-data-centers/piscataway-1-dc1/)
- [QTS Piscataway (PNJ1)](https://www.peeringdb.com/fac/1177)
- [QTS Acquires DuPont Fabros' 38-Acre New Jersey Data ...](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qts-acquires-dupont-fabros-38-acre-new-jersey-data-center-campus-300280302.html)

## Data quality

- Local/trade coverage is limited: trade press (DatacenterDynamics) and company PR document the expansion/acquisition and a scheduled township planning-board hearing; community concerns are summarized in third-party trackers but I did not find formal petitions, community group webpages tied to this exact address, or litigation records in the searched corpus.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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Profile generated: 2026-09-04T16:40:08.516284Z
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