{"comps":{"land":[],"powered_shell":[]},"hero":{"composite_score":null,"computed_at":"2026-10-27T08:31:30.471032+00:00","constraint_score":40.9,"excess_power":50.4,"iso":"WECC","lat":39.53,"lng":-119.79,"name":"Reno","queue_wait_months":null,"slug":"reno","state":"NV","time_to_power_mo":15.1,"time_to_power_months":15.1,"verdict":"CAUTION"},"is_pro":true,"kpis":{"facility_count":64,"headline_basis":"every facility listing DC Hub tracks in this market (operational, under construction, planned and announced; verified and unverified listings included), deduplicated by name + operator across the facilities and discovered_facilities tables. MW is summed over the listings that report capacity (mw_reporting_count of facility_count), so read it as a floor.","lease_rate":null,"mw_reporting_count":10,"operational_mw":705.0,"pipeline_mw":341.0,"queue_months":null,"top_operator":{"facility_count":6,"name":"Switch"},"total_mw":1166.0,"unverified_included":true,"vacancy_pct":null},"live_as_of":{"age_hours":0.1,"iso":"2026-10-27T08:31:30.471032+00:00"},"ma":[],"ok":true,"open_access":"Open to every caller: this is one of the 20 largest US data-center markets by tracked capacity, and its full market briefing (grid, risk, time to power, scores) is free.","operators":[{"facility_count":6,"operator":"Switch","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":650.0},{"facility_count":2,"operator":"Microsoft","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":60.0},{"facility_count":2,"operator":"Cogent Communications, Inc.","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":0.0},{"facility_count":1,"operator":"EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":216.0},{"facility_count":1,"operator":"PowerHouse Data Centers","ranked_by":"facility_count","total_mw":65.0}],"outlook":{"generated_at":"2026-10-26T09:29:08.554573+00:00","narrative_md":"Reno's tracked data center footprint spans 1,166 MW across 64 facilities, but the market exhibits structural tension between power availability and physical constraints. The DCPI scoring\u2014excess power at 50/100 against constraint at 40/100\u2014reflects adequate aggregate capacity paired with meaningful operational friction. Three data centers were documented under construction in October, signaling active pipeline development despite the cautionary signal.\n\nThe CAUTION verdict translates to mixed implications for acquisition-focused investors. A constraint score of 40/100 indicates moderate but real limitations in rack availability or infrastructure elasticity; buyers cannot assume frictionless scaling at existing sites. Simultaneously, the 50/100 excess-power reading suggests the market is not starved for generation capacity, meaning expansion projects face fewer hard stops on the utility side. Investors should model Reno acquisitions around site-level constraints rather than regional power scarcity\u2014the bottleneck is operational density, not megawatts.\n\nSwitch dominates the operator landscape with six tracked facilities, substantially ahead of Cogent Communications and Microsoft, each holding two sites. The absence of recent deal activity is notable: no announced acquisitions or investments in Reno proper have been tracked, contrasting sharply with Nevada's broader investment narrative. The wider region has attracted substantial capital\u2014$3.8 billion into Fleet Data Centers and $4.6 billion into Storey County facilities\u2014yet Reno's transaction market remains dormant. This gap suggests either saturation among existing operators or investor preference for greenfield development and adjacent markets over M&A entry into the city proper.\n\nForward momentum hinges on whether the October construction pipeline reaches operational status without hitting the constraint ceiling that currently caps the market's tactical flexibility.","rationale":null,"verdict":"CAUTION","word_count":254},"pipeline":[{"eta":null,"facility":"EdgeCore Reno Campus (TRIC)","operator":"EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure","power_mw":216.0,"status":"Under Construction"},{"eta":null,"facility":"PowerHouse Reno","operator":"PowerHouse Data Centers","power_mw":65.0,"status":"Under Construction"},{"eta":null,"facility":"Microsoft Silver Springs NV","operator":"Microsoft","power_mw":60.0,"status":"Planned"},{"eta":null,"facility":"Microsoft Silver Springs Nevada","operator":"Microsoft","power_mw":null,"status":"Planned"}],"power_grid":{"gen_additions_mw":741.5,"interconnection_pending_mw":null,"iso":"WECC","iso_queue":null,"queue_capacity_mw":16392.2,"queue_wait_months":null,"reserve_margin_pct":20.0,"time_to_power_as_of":"2026-10-27T08:31:30.471032+00:00","time_to_power_basis":"DCPI modelled months to energize a new large load in this market (method: https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/methodology); a model estimate, not a utility date","time_to_power_months":15.1},"redirect_to":null,"requested":"reno","risk":{"drought_months_d2_plus":null,"errors":{"drought_months_d2_plus":"no_drought_source_ingested"},"water_band":4,"water_band_label":"High","water_category":"mean of 90 Aqueduct 4.0 baseline-annual basins (arid counted as ","water_stress":78.6,"wildfire_seismic_note":"WUI wildfire exposure + Pacific seismic zones; check CalOES + USGS hazard layers before final site selection."},"slug":"reno","tier":"FREE"}
