Digital Realty IAD (1780 Business Center) is a data center operated by Digital Realty in Reston, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Reston data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 33.8-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 Reston — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Reston — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Reston's data center footprint is modest but concentrated: 19 facilities totaling 362 MW, dominated by CoreSite's 13 properties. The market's DCPI profile—excess-power at 47/100 paired with a constraint score of 55/100—signals structural imbalance. Power availability is below median while infrastructure constraints bite harder, creating a squeeze between supply and demand that favors neither new entrants nor aggressive expansion plays. For acquisition-focused investors, the AVOID verdict is operationally binding. The constraint score of 55/100 indicates that power delivery, cooling capacity, or utility interconnection pose real friction; operators cannot scale freely even if tenants materialize. Paired with below-average excess-power positioning 47/100, the market offers neither a safety margin for speculative builds nor headroom to absorb demand shocks. Buyers entering now assume…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 95 operating generating units totalling 5,488 MW within about 50 km of Reston, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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