Element Critical Sunnyvale is a data center operated by Element Critical in Sunnyvale, CA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 18.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Sunnyvale data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 41.1-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Sunnyvale — the market this facility sits in.
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Sunnyvale's 13 tracked facilities totaling 54 MW reflect a mature but constrained micro-market dominated by tier-one operators. Equinix maintains the largest footprint with 8 MW across four separate assets, while Lumen Technologies and a second Equinix entity each operate 2 MW. The remaining portfolio is fragmented among H5 Data Centers and Centersquare, each holding single-digit MW positions. This concentration at the top—with Equinix alone controlling roughly 15% of tracked capacity—signals limited supply diversity and high barriers to entry for new operators. The CAUTION verdict reflects a market in structural tension. The excess-power score of 63/100 indicates moderate supply availability, yet the constraint score of 57/100 suggests real limitations in deployment flexibility or interconnection capacity. For acquisition-focused investors, this combination is neither attractive nor…
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