Digital Realty IAD43 (Building S) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Sterling, VA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Sterling data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 23.3-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 Sterling — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Sterling — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Sterling's data center market comprises 151 tracked facilities delivering 2,766 MW of capacity, dominated by AWS with 45 facilities and challenged by tight power availability. The market's fragmentation—with CyrusOne and a second AWS entity each operating 16 facilities, and two operators each managing 11—reflects a competitive landscape without clear consolidation momentum. No recent M&A activity has been tracked in Sterling, distinguishing it from adjacent Northern Virginia markets where Digital Realty, Cerberus-Yondr, and other capital-rich players have executed multi-billion-dollar consolidation strategies. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries unambiguous implications for acquisition-focused investors. Sterling's excess-power score of 46/100 signals constrained available capacity relative to market demand, while the constraint score of 59/100 indicates that existing power infrastructure…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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