Digital Realty LAX39 — El Segundo Data Center

Digital Realty LAX39 El Segundo is a data center operated by Digital Realty in El Segundo, CA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the El Segundo data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 41.2-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.

Status
Operational
Market
Los Angeles
City
El Segundo
State
CA
Country
US

Market intelligence

CAUTION

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

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Market context

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

El Segundo's data center market is constrained by tight power availability despite moderate installed capacity. The market currently hosts 9 tracked facilities totaling 72 MW across a competitive operator base. Digital Realty leads with 3 facilities, while Equinix and ServerFarm each operate 2 sites. The DCPI excess-power score of 62/100 indicates power remains a binding constraint relative to available grid capacity, while the constraint index of 58/100 signals regulatory and infrastructure headwinds that limit expansion potential. The dual CAUTION verdict reflects genuine risk for acquisition-focused investors. The 62/100 excess-power reading means available surplus generation cannot easily absorb new colocation demand or GPU-intensive workloads without grid upgrades—a multi-year remediation cycle. The constraint score of 58/100 is particularly telling: it captures land availability,…

Location

Area El Segundo, CA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketEl Segundo
Grid operatorCAISO
Data Center Power IndexCAUTION
Est. time to power41.2 months
LocationEl Segundo, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 132 operating generating units totalling 10,154 MW within about 50 km of El Segundo, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas9,852 MW · 57 units · 97%
Utility-Scale Solar154 MW · 67 units · 2%
Bioenergy149 MW · 8 units · 1%

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

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