Markley Group One Lowell Data Center
Markley Group · Lowell, MA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 2 Prince Ave
- Coordinates
- 42.6334, -71.3162
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 50 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
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
- Operational
Markley Group One Lowell data center opens on site of former Prince Spaghetti factory; 352,000 sq ft, largest data center in Massachusetts
Underlying source - Operational
Massachusetts DEP approves air permit for 8 additional diesel generators (27 total); residents appeal permit
Underlying source - Operational
Lowell City Council passes one-year moratorium on data center construction and expansion; residents file first Massachusetts data center lawsuit
Underlying source
Source notes
Coordinates are approximate city centroid (Sacred Heart/Back Central neighborhoods, Lowell). Facility serves 100+ customers including hospitals, universities, and police departments. Expansion includes land purchases by Markley near old power plant. Expansion plans stalled by moratorium. AI demand cited as driver of expansion since 2022. Delivered permanent-job counts are disputed - the abatement promised 100 jobs; the city and critics count ~26-30 full-time local workers while Markley cites ~100 total, with construction peaking ~120 (IBEW Local 103); recorded as unresolved (honest-zero). In September 2024, Markley executive vice president Jeff Flanagan said the company is committed to investing more than $350 million in the Lowell data center, of which more than $225 million had already been developed (The Sun of Lowell, via GovTech). The investment figure recorded here is that stated floor of $350 million. Massachusetts' 2024 sales-tax exemption is statutory eligibility, not a confirmed Markley award.
27 diesel generators (expanded from 7 original; 8 added in 2025 via DEP air permit); 16 cooling towers. Expansion moratorium passed by Lowell City Council April 2026.
Sources and provenance
- Lowell Residents File Massachusetts' First Lawsuit Against a Data Center · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Lessons From Lowell: How a Data Center's Expansion Has Choked a Small Town · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Take a rare look inside the largest data center in Massachusetts · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- The Dungeon Over Lowell: How the Data Center Boom Divided One City's Working People · source retrieved 2026-07-07
- Markley Building Out 50MW Boston-Metro Data Center · source retrieved 2026-10-06
- Massachusetts Residents Protest Data Farm Expansion · source retrieved 2026-10-06
- PeeringDB Massachusetts facility list (fac 3096: Markley Group Lowell) · source retrieved 2026-10-24
- Proposed data centers subjected to local approvals under Gov. Healey's order · source retrieved 2026-10-24
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.