Equinix is a data center in Sterling, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Sterling data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 39.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for Sterling — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Sterling — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Sterling's data center infrastructure spans 155 facilities totaling 2,766 MW, positioning it as a material hub within the Northern Virginia corridor. However, the market exhibits a critical operational imbalance: excess power availability scores 46/100 while grid constraints rate 53/100, creating a misalignment between capacity supply and grid delivery capability. This tension reflects the region's rapid colocation growth outpacing utility infrastructure expansion—a structural problem rather than cyclical weakness. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries direct implications for acquisition strategists. A 46/100 excess-power score indicates limited room for margin expansion through utilization gains, while the 53/100 constraint rating suggests power delivery bottlenecks will persist in the near term, capping operational upside and increasing capex requirements for infrastructure augmentation.…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Equinix 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.
Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.
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 73 operating generating units totalling 2,396 MW within about 50 km of Sterling, 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.
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