Element Critical Northern Virginia VA1 is a data center operated by Element Critical, LLC in Vienna, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the McLean data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.8-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 McLean — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on McLean — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
McLean's data center footprint remains minimal and underdeveloped, with only 8 tracked facilities totaling 16 MW across four distinct operators. DataBank operates the largest presence with two facilities, while Lumen Technologies, EQUINIX, and DataBank, Ltd. each maintain single assets. This fragmented operator base and low aggregate capacity reflect McLean's marginal position in the Northern Virginia data center ecosystem, a region otherwise dominated by institutional-scale deployments and aggressive capital concentration. The DCPI verdict—AVOID—reflects a market trapped between competing constraints. The excess-power score of 47/100 signals insufficient generating capacity or grid availability relative to demand, while the constraint score of 51/100 indicates structural barriers in land acquisition, real estate zoning, or cooling infrastructure that actively inhibit expansion. For…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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