Digital Realty BOS (128 1st Ave) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Needham, MA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 14.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Needham data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.7-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 Needham — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Needham — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Needham's tracked market comprises just 31 MW of capacity across three facilities, dominated by Digital Realty's dual-site presence with LightWave Networks operating the third asset. The concentrated operator base and modest footprint reflect a secondary market position within the broader New England corridor, lacking the scale or diversification of hub markets. With zero recent M&A activity in the tracked dataset, the market has remained static in terms of deal momentum. The DCPI verdict of AVOID for acquisition-focused investors is driven by two critical constraints: excess-power availability at 29/100—identical to peer markets Boston and Somerville—coupled with a constraint score of 41/100 that signals meaningful friction on land, cooling, or grid interconnection. For buyers evaluating inorganic growth through asset acquisition, this combination means limited operational upside from…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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