Cogent New Orleans is a data center operated by Cogent Communications, Inc. in New Orleans, LA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Baton Rouge data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 17.6-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Baton Rouge — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Baton Rouge — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Baton Rouge's data center footprint remains minimal, with only 9 tracked facilities totaling 9 MW of capacity spread across a fragmented operator base. The market is dominated by smaller players: DartPoints, LLC operates 2 facilities, while Venyu BTR and VENYU SOLUTIONS, L.L.C. together control 3 assets. The University of Louisiana's Center for Computation & Technology CCT maintains 1 facility, underscoring the region's reliance on academic and mid-market operators rather than hyperscale providers. This extreme concentration of capacity in a sub-10 MW market signals fundamental infrastructure immaturity. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects structural constraints that should deter most institutional investors. The excess-power rating of 49/100 indicates chronically underutilized infrastructure—facilities are running well below optimal capacity utilization, a characteristic of…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in New Orleans tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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