CENTRA PWM01 — Portland Data Center

CENTRA PWM01 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) is a data center operated by CENTRA Digital Interconnect in Portland, ME, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Portland, ME data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 7.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Portland
State
ME
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Portland, ME — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

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

Portland, ME's data center market is severely constrained, with just 6 tracked facilities totaling 10 MW across a fragmented five-operator base. The market's DCPI verdict of AVOID is driven by a critical excess-power score of 32/100, indicating limited spare capacity for new workloads, combined with a constraint rating of 23/100 that reflects structural barriers to expansion. This combination positions Portland among the least hospitable markets for incremental capacity deployment in the Northeast. The AVOID verdict should be interpreted as a clear signal to avoid greenfield or expansion-stage investments without existing anchor tenants. An excess-power score of 32/100 means the market is already operating near its effective ceiling relative to its infrastructure; new entrants would face either prohibitively high build-out costs to bypass regional constraints or intense competition for…

Location

Area Portland, ME, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketPortland, ME
Grid operatorISONE
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power7.5 months
LocationPortland, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around CENTRA PWM01 - Portland, Maine (340 Cumberland) 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.

Axiom TechnologiesCENTRA Digital InterconnectConsolidated Communications - NNEHurricane ElectricInfrastructure Management AssociatesNNENIX Route ServersSebago Fiber & WifiSwanroe Internet Cooperative

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 28 operating generating units totalling 1,566 MW within about 50 km of Portland, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas1,410 MW · 5 units · 90%
Utility-Scale Solar142 MW · 22 units · 9%
Bioenergy13 MW · 1 unit · 1%

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

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