Google is a data center in Sterling, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 80.0 MW and 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.
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 market is moderately saturated with fragmented ownership across 155 facilities totaling 2,766 MW, anchored by Amazon Web Services' dual presence 46 MW documented across listings and smaller operators like CyrusOne 16 MW filling secondary positions. The market shows no tracked M&A activity in the recent period, signaling either equilibrium or stalled deal momentum. Regional context suggests active capital interest—TA Realty's $61 million Sterling land acquisition and subsequent $6.1 million-per-acre pricing establish elevated real estate costs that compress development margin economics. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material weight for acquisition-stage investors: the excess-power score of 46/100 indicates insufficient surplus capacity to absorb incremental hyperscale demand or support competitive pricing leverage, while the constraint rating of 53/100 signals…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Google 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 67 operating generating units totalling 3,538 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.
Comparable facilities in Sterling tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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