Data center company that spilled fuel into the Meadowlands plans another center next door

The company operating a data center that spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel in the New Jersey Meadowlands last week is working to build a new data center right next door.Equinix, a data center company based in California, has started work on a new data center in Secaucus. The planned data center, which the company calls NY10, will be the company’s fifth colocation data center in the town.Permit applications submitted by Equinix to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection indicate the NY10 data center will be four stories tall and will also have a new electrical substation built to accompany it.

The facility is being built in place of an existing building, which will be partially demolished to make room for the new project.Equinix said in a statement to Gothamist that infrastructure improvements are already underway at the site, and that construction of the new building is expected to begin next year. The company expects NY10 to be online by 2030.Gothamist saw a bustle of activity at the site on Thursday, with signs directing construction traffic and workers in hard hats and safety vests.

First reported by Gothamist.