Microsoft-Nebius New Jersey · Vineland, NJ
Last change recorded 2026-10-04 · Last checked 2026-10-04
Latest: Phase 2 approved · Permits in hand · 2026-08-18 · recorded 2026-10-04
Nebius announced the Vineland site in March 2025 (up to 300 MW, DataOne colocation with $290m upfront) with first capacity as early as summer 2025; it anchors Nebius's $17.4-19.4bn Microsoft contract. A revised site plan filed 2026-07-08 describes a 328 MW on-site Bloom fuel-cell plant; Vineland approved Phase 2 (about 600,000 sq ft) on 2026-08-18. Epoch records first power in April 2026. · source ● primary, confidence medium
Recorded readiness — 2 of 6 applicable milestones have a dated public record
Gate to first power — target 2025-08-31 (announced) · path: On-site generation · each step must finish its lead time before the target
1 of 1 required steps have a public date. Red = recorded date past the rule-based deadline · grey "no public date" = required step without a record · green = on record in time · context steps never colour.
| Step | Must finish by | Others did it | Known date | Status | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site secured (context) | 2024-05-28 (15 mo before) | 13 mo before (n=26) | 2025-03-06 | context | Site announced; DataOne colocation agreement · ● | |
| Permits in hand | 2025-08-28 (0 mo before) | 4 mo after (n=8) | 2026-07-08 | recorded 10 mo after the deadline | Revised site plan with 328 MW on-site fuel cells · ● |
This site is energized; lights only show how its recorded steps compared with the lead times.
Lead-time assumptions
- Site secured 15 months before first power — Land under control and campus announced. Rarely binding; shown for context.
- Permits in hand 0 months before first power — Final air and siting permits. Operators often energize on standard or temporary authorisations and receive the major permit later; flagged only when the permit lands more than 6 months after first power or is missing for an on-site plant.
- Grid supply agreed 9 months before first power — Interconnection or large-load agreement approved. Observed median 7 months before first power; the physical works (substation, lines) run in parallel with construction.
- Substation and lines energized 2 months before first power — Utility delivery point live; final tests before the load is taken.
- New generation online 1 months before first power — Utility plant or on-site plant generating; needed just before energization when the grid cannot carry the load alone.
- Major equipment on site 6 months before first power — Turbines, transformers, switchgear delivered; installation and commissioning take the remaining months.
- Construction started 24 months before first power — Groundbreaking of the building that gives first power. Observed 4-26 months for recent AI campuses; Meta's redesigned campuses took 35-58.
- Building ready for IT 0 months before first power — First building ready for IT. 'Complete' or 'opened' is usually reported after first power; flagged only beyond 3 months.
- Full build-out complete -12 months before first power — All announced buildings operational. Comes after first power by design; context only.
- Water supply secured 12 months before first power — Water rights, municipal agreement or desalination contract in hand. Context only; one of the feasibility items.
- Financing closed 12 months before first power — Project financing, anchor lease or committed capital announced. Context only; not applicable when the owner is a hyperscaler building on its balance sheet.
Dated steps (from the sources; later dates are plans)
Power equipment (from permits, filings and reporting; blank cells were not disclosed)
| Category | Make / model | Units | MW | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fuel cell | Bloom Energy solid-oxide fuel cell | — | 328 MW | under construction | 2026-04-15 | Three phases, 250 MW guaranteed / 328 MW installed; first 50 MW early; NJ fined the site $1m over 123 MW of unpermitted generation; plus 5 MW from Vineland Municipal Electric · ◐ |
Build-out timeline (Epoch AI; dated status notes with IT power; rows after today are estimates)
Recorded fact permits in hand has a recorded date later than the rule-based deadline for a 2025-08-31 first power.
Calculated requirement Energized; watch the build-out timeline for the next buildings.
Sources (Epoch AI selection): Nebius: up to 300 MW capacity at new New Jersey data center · DataOne and Nebius partner for 300 MW AI data center (Data Centre Magazine) · Microsoft secures 100,000 NVIDIA GB300 via Nebius deal (Tom's Hardware) · DataOne CEO on first 50 MW delivery to Nebius (LinkedIn) · Large data center nears completion in Vineland (Cape May County Herald) · SemiAnalysis: Stop Saying Half of 2026 US Datacenter Capacity Is Canceled
Epoch AI, 'AI data centers', epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers (CC BY 4.0); coordinates from GeoNames cities500 (CC BY 4.0) and hand-entered places; overrides in tools/project_overrides.csv with their own sources. Campuses outside the Epoch dataset come from tools/campuses.csv (public reporting, source per row). Data retrieved 2026-10-05. Report a correction to contact@ailoadmap.com (campus id microsoft-nebius-new-jersey; include the row and a source link).