Cogent Springfield MA is a data center operated by Cogent Communications, Inc. in Springfield, MA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Springfield data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 11.1-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 Springfield — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Springfield — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Springfield's data center market remains nascent, with 11 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity—a stark indicator of market immaturity. The operator base is fragmented across five entities, each holding single-facility stakes: Bluebird Fiber, Cogent Communications Inc., Crown Castle Inc., LexisNexus Springfield, and Lightboard. This distribution pattern reflects a market still in early-stage development, dominated by smaller regional and national carriers rather than hyperscale players. The DCPI verdict of AVOID—driven by excess-power exposure at 35/100 and constraint severity at 30/100—signals material deployment risk for capital-intensive data center operations. The excess-power score indicates insufficient grid headroom to support the power density demands of modern colocation or hyperscale facilities, while the constraint rating reflects acute limitations in…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Cogent Springfield MA 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.
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.
DC Hub tracks 215 operating generating units totalling 2,491 MW within about 50 km of Springfield, 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.
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