Northern Virginia is a data center operated by DataBank in Northern Virginia. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Northern Virginia data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 60.0-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 Northern Virginia — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Northern Virginia — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Northern Virginia operates 467 tracked facilities totaling 12,047 MW, making it a substantial regional hub, but faces critical infrastructure headwinds. The market's excess-power score of 14/100 reflects severe undersupply relative to demand, while the constraint score of 64/100 signals that land, interconnection, and cooling capacity are acutely strained. AWS dominates the operator landscape with 83 facilities, followed by two unnamed operators with 49 and 48 facilities respectively, Digital Realty with 39, and Equinix with 20—a concentration that reflects institutional preference for established players with existing footprints. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous for acquisition-focused investors. A constraint score at 64/100 places Northern Virginia in the same unfavorable territory as Washington, DC, meaning new entrants or smaller operators will face prohibitive costs to…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Northern Virginia tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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