New York Colocation Space

NYC is the world's largest financial center, home to NYSE and NASDAQ matching engines, and the natural landing point for transatlantic submarine cables. Demand is driven by financial services, media, enterprise headquarters, and a huge HFT ecosystem that requires sub-millisecond latency to exchange engines. The market is approximately 0.79 GW in 2026, growing at 5.14% CAGR.

Manhattan real estate is too expensive for large floor plates and grid power is constrained. Secaucus, NJ — about 7 miles from Wall Street — offers cheap industrial land, strong fibre connectivity to NYC, and dense power. Equinix's NY2/NY4 campus in Secaucus has become the de facto financial trading hub, where buy-side, sell-side and market data providers all colocate to optimise execution latency.

Manhattan (60 Hudson, 111 8th) wins for raw interconnection density and Tier-1 carrier diversity — best for content delivery, peering, and regulated tenants who need physical NYC residency. Secaucus wins for financial trading proximity, lower per-rack costs, and larger footprints. Most enterprise tenants pick Secaucus or NJ generally; financial trading firms split based on which exchanges they trade.

DataBank's Orangeburg campus (LGA3 + LGA4) and Equinix NY13 in Elmsford are good lower-cost alternatives for enterprise tenants who don't need Wall Street latency. 220K sq ft, 40 MW combined at Orangeburg. Pricing typically 30-50% below Manhattan or Secaucus financial corridor.

60 Hudson and 111 8th Avenue are the dominant Manhattan carrier hotels. Equinix NY4 is the dominant Secaucus interconnection point. Major submarine cables (TAT-14, AC-1, Apollo, Havfrue) land at NJ Wall facilities, then route into Manhattan and Secaucus. Cross-connects between facilities run via dark fibre with sub-2ms metro latency.

Take the free 2-minute assessment to specify cabinet count, latency requirements (HFT vs enterprise), redundancy, and compliance needs. We'll match you with capacity across the three NYC clusters and surface like-for-like comparisons including total cost of ownership, not just rack rent.