ALIGNED ENERGY is a data center in NORTHLAKE, IL, US. The facility is currently active. It sits in the Northlake data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 33.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Northlake — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Northlake — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Northlake hosts 93 MW across 13 tracked facilities, but faces a critical power constraint that outweighs available capacity. The market is dominated by Aligned, which operates 6 of the 13 facilities 4 under the Aligned brand and 2 under Aligned Data Centers, while Digital Realty and Microsoft each maintain single-facility presences. The excess-power score of 43/100 indicates tight supply relative to demand, and the constraint score of 57/100—measuring infrastructure limitations beyond raw MW availability—reveals structural bottlenecks that prevent efficient utilization of what capacity exists. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous for acquisition-focused investors. A constraint score of 57/100 signals that grid interconnection, cooling infrastructure, or other hard limits will prevent new entrants from scaling operations meaningfully. Even if power were readily available, the…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in NORTHLAKE tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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