Everett Docklands (former ExxonMobil site) data center option
The roughly 100-acre former ExxonMobil terminal in Everett is zoned to allow a data center, which the owner has not ruled out, and the city is moving to cap any data center there at 5 MW. Also known as: Everett Docklands Innovation District.
Who is behind it
The record, newest first
A City Council committee recommended the ordinance favorably; it remained pending in June 2026. (City of Everett, May 11, 2026; City of Everett, June 8, 2026)
Davis told WBUR it had no specific data center plans but was keeping the option open; the Globe reported in May that the site's existing zoning allows a data center. (WBUR, April 6, 2026; The Boston Globe, May 18, 2026)
The planning board unanimously endorsed an ordinance capping data centers in the district at 20,000 square feet or 5 MW, by special permit only. (City of Everett, May 11, 2026; Boston.com, April 8, 2026)
The Davis Companies told the City Council that a 5 MW cap would make a standalone data center unviable, according to a Globe editorial. (The Boston Globe (editorial board), May 26, 2026)
The Mystic River Watershed Association asked the planning board to prohibit or pause data centers at the site. (Mystic River Watershed Association, March 26, 2026)
Everett Landco filed an expanded environmental notification form with MEPA for the Docklands, a mixed-use master plan whose first phase is a 700 MW battery storage facility; the plan as described did not include a data center. (Boston.com, Sept. 5, 2024)
Conflicts and open questions
- Acreage given as 100 acres (Boston.com, Globe news) or 105 acres (Globe editorial).
The full record
- Status note
- Zoning allows a data center and the owner says it is keeping the option open, but no data center has been proposed; the city is moving to cap data centers there at 5 MW.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)