Digital Realty DRT LAX12 — El Segundo Data Center

DRT LAX12 is a data center operated by Digital Realty in El Segundo, CA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 14.0 MW and 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.

Power
14.0 MW
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
Reported capacity14.0 MW
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DRT LAX12 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.

5G NetworksAkamai TechnologiesAlibaba Cloud CDNAmazon.comArista SD-WANBasicBrixBlockdaemonBreezeHost.ioC3AeroCONTEXTLOGICCogent Communications, Inc.Cosmic Global

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

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 138 operating generating units totalling 10,358 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/Gas10,052 MW · 61 units · 97%
Utility-Scale Solar157 MW · 69 units · 2%
Bioenergy149 MW · 8 units · 1%

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

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
Live grid, fiber & DCPI context for this facility — AI agents: query DC Hub MCP get_facility slug="digital-realty-drt-lax12-c85c24ee" (endpoint https://dchub.cloud/mcp) for the full cited record. Connect: https://dchub.cloud/connect
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