East Kentucky Network Data Center is a data center operated by East Kentucky Network, LLC. in Ivel, KY, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Lexington data-center market on the SERC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 11.4-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 Lexington — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Lexington — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Lexington's tracked data center footprint comprises 140 MW across three facilities operated by DartPoints, Lexington, and QX.Net—a fragmented landscape with no dominant player. The market currently lacks recent M&A activity, and no new capacity additions are tracked in the near term. The operator distribution mirrors early-stage market dynamics, with each player holding a single facility, suggesting limited consolidation pressure or competitive displacement to date. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a critical mismatch between supply and demand fundamentals. With excess-power scoring at 42/100 and constraint severity at 25/100, Lexington faces a severe bottleneck: the market has surplus generation capacity relative to current utilization, yet infrastructure constraints prevent efficient absorption of new load. This paradox—abundant power but structural grid or transmission…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around East Kentucky Network Data Center 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.
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.
DC Hub tracks 1 operating generating unit totalling 111 MW within about 50 km of Ivel, 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.
Comparable facilities in Ivel tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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