AiNET WDC11 — Laurel Data Center

AiNET WDC11 is a data center operated by AiNET in Laurel, MD, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Laurel data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 13.9-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Laurel
State
MD
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Laurel — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Laurel — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Laurel's data center footprint remains nascent and fragmented, with only 3 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW across a dispersed operator base that includes unnamed entities alongside smaller players like AiNET. The market lacks meaningful scale or consolidation—no single operator controls more than one facility—and has recorded zero recent M&A activity, suggesting minimal investor momentum or asset fluidity in the region. This absence of transaction history stands in sharp contrast to neighboring Maryland markets where Amazon's recent acquisitions and the $3 billion Calvert Cliffs power agreement have catalyzed regional interest. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market fundamentally misaligned with acquisition economics. An excess-power score of 35/100 signals inadequate spare capacity to support growth or multi-tenant scaling, while a constraint rating of 28/100—among the lowest…

Location

Area Laurel, MD, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketLaurel
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power13.9 months
LocationLaurel, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around AiNET WDC11 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

AiNETCogent Communications, Inc.HOOP7NETWORK

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 118 operating generating units totalling 3,727 MW within about 50 km of Laurel, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas1,894 MW · 4 units · 51%
Coal1,370 MW · 2 units · 37%
Utility-Scale Solar250 MW · 107 units · 7%
Bioenergy213 MW · 5 units · 6%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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