Equinix BO1 - Boston, Waltham is a data center operated by Equinix in Waltham, MA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 18.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Waltham data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 15.2-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 Waltham — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Waltham — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Waltham hosts a fragmented five-facility ecosystem spanning 27 MW across multiple mid-tier operators, with no dominant player and no recent M&A activity. The market's power infrastructure rates at 29/100 on excess-power availability—indicating tight supply relative to demand—but the constraint score of 42/100 reveals binding physical or interconnection limitations that prevent straightforward capacity deployment. This combination yields a clear AVOID verdict for acquisition-focused capital. The DCPI verdict directly constrains buyer strategy in Waltham. While the excess-power score suggests demand outpaces supply, the constraint reading signals that additional power cannot be reliably brought online or distributed to new tenants without substantial infrastructure upgrades. Buyers entering via acquisition would inherit operational capacity but face friction adding incremental load. This…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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