Cogent Communications Raleigh

Cogent Communications Raleigh is a data center in Raleigh, US. The facility is currently announced. It sits in the Raleigh data-center market on the SERC 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.

Status
Announced
City
Raleigh
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Raleigh — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

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

Raleigh's data center market remains severely constrained, with just 16 tracked facilities delivering 6 MW of total capacity. The DCPI scores tell the story: excess-power sits at 38/100, indicating insufficient available power capacity for growth, while the constraint metric of 30/100 signals acute infrastructure limitations that block expansion. The operator base is highly fragmented, dominated by Flexential with 4 facilities but followed by two operators with 2 MW each and three single-facility players including Cogent Communications Raleigh and American Tower, suggesting no clear market leader or coordinated infrastructure vision. For acquisition-focused investors, the AVOID verdict is decisive. The excess-power score of 38/100 falls well below the threshold needed to support M&A activity or new customer onboarding at scale. Combined with a constraint score of 30/100—indicating that…

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketRaleigh
Grid operatorSERC
DC Hub Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power11.1 months
LocationRaleigh, US

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