COPT Defense Properties DC is a data center operated by COPT in Annapolis Junction, MD, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Laurel data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 13.9-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 Laurel — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Laurel — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Laurel's data center footprint remains nascent and fragmented, with only 3 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW across a dispersed operator base that includes unnamed entities alongside smaller players like AiNET. The market lacks meaningful scale or consolidation—no single operator controls more than one facility—and has recorded zero recent M&A activity, suggesting minimal investor momentum or asset fluidity in the region. This absence of transaction history stands in sharp contrast to neighboring Maryland markets where Amazon's recent acquisitions and the $3 billion Calvert Cliffs power agreement have catalyzed regional interest. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market fundamentally misaligned with acquisition economics. An excess-power score of 35/100 signals inadequate spare capacity to support growth or multi-tenant scaling, while a constraint rating of 28/100—among the lowest…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 134 operating generating units totalling 4,232 MW within about 50 km of Annapolis Junction, 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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