Internet speed: 17.3 Mbps downlink; 2 Mbps uplink

Population: 9 million

Internet coverage: 96% of residents

Main Internet Services: Cable, DSL, Fiber

Main Internet Service Providers: Optimum, Verizon, FIOS

Colocation Datacenters: 56 (prominent companies: Digital Realty, vXchange, Cologuard

According to Akamai.com, the average Internet downlink speed in New Jersey is 17.3 Mbps and the average uplink speed is 2 Mbps.

In 2016, the population of this state was approximately 9 million. More than 96% of residents have access to the Internet, especially broadband.

The main Internet services provided across New Jersey are as follows:

– Cable – 99% availability
– DSL – 95% availability
– Fiber – 64% availability

The main Internet Service Providers located across New Jersey are the following:

– Optimum (Cable) – over 98% availability
– Verizon (DSL) – 95% availability
– FIOS by Verizon (Fiber) – over 60% availability

Following up its readily apparent success in other cities and states, Verizon announced in early 2017 that they would roll out gigabit Internet services to various locations in the United States, including New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Hampton Roads, etc. This is part of an aggressive marketing strategy that targets similar gigabit services provided by Google, Comcast, Xfinity, Windstream, as well as many other providers. Pricing usually starts at over $70 per month.

According to datacentermap.com, there are currently 56 colocation datacenters spread across various locations in New Jersey. Most datacenters are located in Hudson County (24), followed by Piscataway (8) and New Brunswick (3).

Major colocation providers are the following:

– Digital Realty
– vXchnge
– ColoGuard
– CenturyLink
– Equinix, Inc.

One of the biggest colocation providers located in New Jersey is Digital Realty, whose main datacenters are located in Weehawken, Piscataway, and Clifton.

Their Weehawken datacenter is a critical colocation and interconnection hub, and serves as a strategic redundant datacenter for the New York metro area. The 312,000-square-foot four-story facility has redundant 13.2Kv utility feeds providing 14MW of utility capacity. The datacenter has unconditioned access to a variety of peer exchanges and networks, including connectivity to over 1000 provider networks, multiple Internet Exchanges, Open IX Peering Exchange and Ethernet Exchange. Additionally, tenants may also directly access other Digital Realty customers located within other NYC facilities.

The New Jersey datacenter market has grown tremendously over the past years. The market continues to see demand and activity from datacenter operators and users, especially due to New Jersey’s robust infrastructure and favorable business climate which encourages entrepreneurship. The financial implosion of 2009 helped enormously to boost the colocation market as providers scoured New Jersey – especially the Northern region – for sites and opportunities to offer solutions to them. Demand for colocation services in New Jersey is driven predominantly by the financial services industry. However, according to a 451 Research report, social media, healthcare and tech companies are becoming a more and more solid part of the tenant base. New Jersey is a popular datacenter market nationwide mainly due to its close proximity to New York. Wholesale and retail colocation are much cheaper in New Jersey than in New York, which results in many more colo tenants for the New Jersey datacenters.