DataBank McLean (IAD2) is a data center operated by DataBank, Ltd. in McLean, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the McLean data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 30.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for McLean — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on McLean — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
McLean's data center market is undersized and operationally tight, with only 8 tracked facilities totaling 5 MW across a fragmented operator base. DataBank holds the largest footprint with 3 facilities two under its primary entity, one via DataBank, Ltd., while Lumen Technologies and Equinix each operate single assets. The market shows no consolidation momentum—zero recent M&A transactions have been tracked—despite recent activity in adjacent Northern Virginia markets where McLean-focused power infrastructure startups have attracted strategic acquirers at valuations near $232 million. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market pinned between conflicting pressures: an excess-power score of 47/100 signals marginal surplus capacity, while a constraint score of 45/100 indicates moderate but real operational friction. For acquisition-focused investors, this dual score eliminates margin…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DataBank McLean (IAD2) 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 111 operating generating units totalling 7,369 MW within about 50 km of McLean, 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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