Skip to content
Gridcensus

Velasco Property

Industrial

Middlesex County, New Jersey · PJM

DC Readiness
53.8
Fair / 100

At a glance

Velasco Property is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Middlesex County, New Jersey, scoring 53.8/100 DC Readiness — 71st of 97 scored sites in the county. It sits in the PJM grid region, where interconnection has averaged 2.7 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 5.1 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth720
Avg queue wait2.7 yrs
Recent queue wait5.1 yrs
Completion rate22%
Withdrawal rate78%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPIron Mountain Data Center - New Jersey (NJE-1)
IXP distance4.4 mi
Fiber providers10
Fiber coverage97.3%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Low
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score72/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterIO Datacenter
DC distance4.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (28)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.80¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.11¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days4,900
Land price / acre$26,828

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Incentive detail: UEZ sales tax exemption (reduced rate); BEIP/Grow NJ incentives for job creation.

Site location

◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

Get alerts

Track Velasco Property

Get an email when its DC-readiness score, available capacity, or interconnection-queue status changes.

No spam. Just the alerts you asked for.

How does Velasco Property compare with other sites in Middlesex County?

Velasco Property ranks 71st of 97 scored candidate sites in Middlesex County. Its 53.8/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 57.1. It is roughly in line with the New Jersey average of 55.2 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the New Jersey average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (96 vs 86) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 38). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is Velasco Property to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is EMILIE EMIL7TR XFORMER H 230 KV (PJM), 40 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Iron Mountain Data Center - New Jersey (NJE-1) at 4.4 miles. 10 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is IO Datacenter, 4.4 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Velasco Property?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Middlesex County "Relatively Moderate".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
40
Fiber connectivity12%
96
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
84
Natural hazard6%
72
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
80
Land / acreage3%
30
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
75

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in Middlesex County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near Velasco Property
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
SAYREVILLESubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW2.7 yrs71.3
DEANSSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW2.7 yrs67.9
UNKNOWN132955Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW2.7 yrs66.0
South Brunswick Landfill SolarBrownfield—13 MW2.7 yrs65.9
LAKE NELSONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW2.7 yrs65.3
EC Near PSEG Sewaren Generating StationGreenfield——2.7 yrs65.3
METUCHENSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW2.7 yrs65.2
KILNERSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW2.7 yrs65.1

Velasco Property: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of Velasco Property?

Velasco Property scores 53.8/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 71st of 97 scored sites in Middlesex County. The Middlesex County average is 57.1 and the New Jersey average is 55.2.

What grid region is Velasco Property in?

Velasco Property is in the PJM region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 2.7-year wait from queue request to operation.

How far is Velasco Property from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Iron Mountain Data Center - New Jersey (NJE-1), about 4.4 miles away; 10 fiber providers report service at the location.

Related pages

About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Velasco Property, Middlesex County, NJ”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/new-jersey/middlesex-county/velasco-property-5e7a1661 (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for Velasco Property, Middlesex County is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.