FirstLight Data Center is a data center operated by FirstLight in Portland, ME, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Portland, ME data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 7.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Portland, ME — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Portland, ME — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Portland's data center market is undersized and constrained, with only 6 tracked facilities totaling 10 MW across a fragmented operator base. CENTRA Digital Interconnect operates the largest footprint with 2 facilities, while Consolidated Communications, Inc., FirstLight, NNENIX, and Nautilus Data Technologies each maintain single-site presences. The market has recorded no recent M&A activity, underscoring its limited appeal to consolidators and growth-oriented investors. This fragmentation, combined with minimal scale, positions Portland as a peripheral market within the Northeast data center ecosystem. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market fundamentally ill-suited for new investment or expansion. An excess-power score of 32/100 signals tight power availability relative to existing demand, while the constraint rating of 24/100 indicates severe structural limitations—likely rooted…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around FirstLight Data Center 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 28 operating generating units totalling 1,566 MW within about 50 km of Portland, 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 Portland tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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