Equinix DC97 is a data center operated by Equinix in Herndon, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Herndon data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 32.0-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 Herndon — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Herndon — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Herndon's data center market is uniformly constrained across both power availability and operational capacity, with 22 tracked facilities split among fragmented operators and zero aggregate megawatt capacity reporting. AWS and an unnamed operator each control five facilities, while Cogent Communications and EQUINIX DC 97 each operate single sites, indicating a competitive but unconsolidated landscape. The absence of recent M&A and zero tracked MW capacity suggests either reporting gaps or a market composed of smaller, legacy infrastructure assets rather than hyperscale deployments. The DCPI verdict of AVOID across both dimensions—47/100 excess-power and 47/100 constraint—reflects a market at equilibrium between supply and demand, leaving no margin for acquisition-stage investors seeking either operational upside or power arbitrage. Unlike Washington, DC's severe constraint 35/100…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Equinix DC97 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 91 operating generating units totalling 5,481 MW within about 50 km of Herndon, 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 Herndon tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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