CenturyLink is a data center in White Sands, NM, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Los Lunas data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 9.2-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for Los Lunas — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Los Lunas — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Los Lunas remains a nascent market with minimal operational footprint: only 2 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW, both operated by Meta. The market's DCPI profile reveals a paradox—excess power scoring 58/100 suggests reasonable energy availability, but the constraint rating of 26/100 signals significant friction in deployment or grid integration. This tension between resource availability and operational barriers defines the current landscape and warrants careful due diligence from prospective entrants. For investors and operators, the CAUTION verdict demands a bifurcated strategy. The elevated excess-power score indicates that power procurement is unlikely to be a primary bottleneck; regional generation capacity and transmission exist at levels that could theoretically support expansion. However, the low constraint score—26/100—points to non-power obstacles: likely permitting delays,…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 14 operating generating units totalling 1,562 MW within about 50 km of White Sands, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in White Sands tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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