EdgeConneX Richmond VA

EdgeConneX Richmond VA is a data center operated by EdgeConneX in Richmond, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Richmond data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 33.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Richmond
State
VA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

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

Richmond's data center market comprises 710 MW across 30 tracked facilities, dominated by Flexential with four properties and a fragmented operator base that includes QTS Blackstone, EdgeConneX two facilities, and smaller regional players. The market's DCPI assessment delivers a clear constraint signal: excess-power at 46/100 and constraint at 47/100, placing Richmond in the AVOID category for new investment. This balanced-but-critical dual score reflects a market caught between insufficient power redundancy and grid infrastructure limitations that directly threaten operational expansion. For acquisition-stage investors, the DCPI verdict eliminates Richmond as a greenfield or capacity-expansion play. The excess-power score of 46/100 indicates the market cannot reliably support incremental megawatt additions without infrastructure upgrades; concurrent constraint scoring of 47/100 signals…

Location

Area Richmond, VA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketRichmond
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power33.5 months
LocationRichmond, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 36 operating generating units totalling 3,553 MW within about 50 km of Richmond, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,641 MW · 14 units · 74%
Utility-Scale Solar794 MW · 20 units · 22%
Bioenergy119 MW · 2 units · 3%

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
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