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CoreWeave says it will redevelop former Merck site in Kenilworth into 40‑megawatt data center
Summary
CoreWeave representatives told the Kenilworth Borough Council they acquired about 40 acres of the former Merck site and plan to convert the former lab into a data center that will host a 40‑megawatt "supercomputer," bring a small on‑site workforce and a global command center, with construction and staffing phased over the coming year.
CoreWeave representatives told the Kenilworth Borough Council during public comment that the company has acquired roughly 40 acres of the former Merck Sherry Plow site and intends to convert an existing former laboratory on that property into a data center that will house a 40‑megawatt supercomputer.
The announcement came during the council's public‑comment period at the meeting. Stephen Hale, representing CoreWeave, introduced the project's operations lead, Mike Trulizzi, who described the planned facility and staffing. "We are a specialized cloud computing company, so we build supercomputers," Trulizzi said. He added the initial facility will be "a 40 megawatt supercomputer."
Why it matters: the project would reuse a large industrial property and bring construction and technical jobs to Kenilworth, plus on‑site operations staff and a global monitoring…
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