Cologix SCA1 Schenectady is a data center operated by Cologix in Schenectady, NY, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Albany data-center market on the NYISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.3-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 Albany — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Albany — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Albany's data center footprint remains modest but operationally strained, with 23 tracked facilities delivering 6,100 MW across a fragmented operator base. The market is dominated by Vantage Data Centers 4 facilities, followed by Unknown operator 3 facilities and INOC, LLC 3 facilities, with single-asset operators Firstlight Albany and IBM Building rounding out the roster. This operator fragmentation mirrors broader Northeast market dynamics, where no single player has achieved regional density sufficient to drive economies of scale or anchor tenant recruitment. The DCPI verdict—excess-power 42/100 paired with constraint score 44/100—positions Albany firmly in the AVOID category for acquisition-stage capital. The constraint rating of 44/100 indicates meaningful power and cooling bottlenecks that will compress capex returns; conversely, the excess-power score of 42/100 signals that…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 109 operating generating units totalling 4,025 MW within about 50 km of Schenectady, 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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