Digital Realty BOS (55 Middlesex)

Digital Realty BOS (55 Middlesex) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Bedford, MA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Waltham data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 11.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Bedford
State
MA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Waltham — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Waltham — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Waltham's data center market is severely undercapitalized and operationally constrained. The tracked footprint comprises only 5 facilities with zero aggregate MW of measurable capacity, indicating either a market dominated by sub-MW operators or minimal institutional presence. The DCPI metrics paint a critical picture: excess-power scores 35/100 well below the 50-point viability threshold while constraint registers 34/100, signaling simultaneous power scarcity and operational friction. The operator roster—anchored by single-facility players including Equinix with two registered entities, Centersquare, Cogent Communications, and FirstLight Fiber—reveals market fragmentation typical of secondary metros where no single actor commands scale leverage. For acquisition-focused investors, the DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous. The confluence of low excess-power and elevated constraint scores…

Location

Area Bedford, MA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketWaltham
Grid operatorISONE
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power11.0 months
LocationBedford, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Digital Realty BOS (55 Middlesex) 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.

Zayo

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 168 operating generating units totalling 6,452 MW within about 50 km of Bedford, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas4,579 MW · 19 units · 71%
Nuclear1,296 MW · 1 unit · 20%
Utility-Scale Solar362 MW · 138 units · 6%
Bioenergy206 MW · 5 units · 3%
Wind10 MW · 5 units · 0%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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