DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC5) is a data center operated by DataBank in Bluffdale, UT, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Bluffdale data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 16.3-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 Bluffdale — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Bluffdale — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Bluffdale remains an underdeveloped market with zero operational megawatts across 13 tracked facilities, signaling either early-stage infrastructure build or stalled project deployment. The market's power positioning scores reveal structural tension: an excess-power DCPI rating of 53/100 suggests available grid capacity, but a constraint score of 40/100 indicates real bottlenecks in transmission or interconnection infrastructure. This disconnect—adequate generation paired with distribution friction—creates a cautionary profile for capital deployment. The facility count of 13 with zero MW suggests most tracked sites are either pre-operational, under construction, or in early permitting phases rather than revenue-generating assets. The CAUTION verdict warrants disciplined rather than dismissive positioning. Markets with balanced or slightly elevated constraint scores 40/100 typically face…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DataBank Salt Lake City (SLC5) 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 16 operating generating units totalling 2,568 MW within about 50 km of Bluffdale, 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.
Comparable facilities in Bluffdale tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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