US data center operator DataBank has acquired the building housing one of its data centers in New Jersey.

The company this week announced it has acquired the building that houses its EWR2 data center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The facility was previously leased.

The seller and terms of the deal were not shared by DataBank, but the seller appears to be real estate firm GTJ REIT.

EWR2, located at 25 Corporate Place South, offers 3MW across 22,590 sq ft (2,100 sqm) of raised floorspace. The air-cooled facility offers densities up to 10kW, and features seven on-site carriers connecting to the building.

DataBank said the acquisition underscored its commitment to converting leased facilities into owned assets.

"This acquisition marks another milestone in our broader strategy to own and control the real estate supporting our edge data center footprint," said Raul K. Martynek, CEO of DataBank. "Ownership allows us to control our destiny, ensuring we can continue to invest in and evolve our facilities in step with our customers' growing infrastructure needs.

Built in 1985, the site was previously operated by Zayo’s zColo, which announced plans for a Piscataway data center in late 2018. DataBank acquired zColo from Zayo in December 2020.

New York-based real estate investment trust GTJ REIT acquired 25 Corporate Place South in 2015 as part of a six-building portfolio. According to a GTJ filing, the company entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the property in January 2025 for $16 million. The deal was set to close by the end of March. It was the only data center within the REIT's portfolio.

Customers at EWR2 include New Jersey Institute of Technology, which hosts its Wulver High-Performance Computing (HPC) environment within the facility.

DataBank operates one other data center in New Jersey, in downtown Newark.