CoreWeave NEST Campus
CoreWeave · Kenilworth, NJ · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 2000 Galloping Hill Road
- Coordinates
- 40.6762, -74.2913
- Serving utility, source-reported
- PSE&G
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 250 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-30
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Permitted
Awarded $250M NJ state tax credit under new EDA program; CoreWeave purchased former Merck campus on Galloping Hill Rd for $322M
Underlying source - Under construction
Construction began September 2025; 392,600 sq ft facility; operational target early 2027
Underlying source
Source notes
Grid-served via PSE&G (PJM), which conducted load studies and committed grid infrastructure. The site is a former Merck research campus; reports of a legacy on-site power plant and substation are unconfirmed in primary sources.
Sources and provenance
- CoreWeave begins $1.8B data center project in Kenilworth — Real Estate NJ · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- AI Data Center Under Construction in Kenilworth draws mixed reactions — News 12 NJ · source retrieved 2026-07-05
- AI data center under construction in Kenilworth draws mixed reactions from residents — News 12 New Jersey · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- CoreWeave acquires NEST data center for $322m at life-sciences campus in New Jersey — Data Center Dynamics · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Next New Jersey Program – AI — NJ Economic Development Authority · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- CoreWeave Kenilworth: $1.8B AI DC, First NJ EDA AI Award · source retrieved 2026-09-21
- Kenilworth, New Jersey: an existing site, redeveloped for AI · source retrieved 2026-10-09
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.