Google - Thornton is a data center operated by Google in Thorton, CO, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Denver data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 13.6-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Denver — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Denver — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Denver operates at moderate utilization with 489 MW across 143 tracked facilities, but the DCPI verdict of CAUTION signals mixed fundamentals that demand careful underwriting. The market shows excess power availability 56/100—indicating available capacity—paired with a meaningful constraint score of 40/100, suggesting emerging limitations on interconnection, real estate, or transmission that will tighten over the next 18–24 months. Flexential leads the operator landscape with 12 facilities, followed by a fragmented second tier including Unknown 9, CoreSite 8, DataBank 6, and others, reflecting a competitive but unconsolidated market. The absence of recent M&A activity tracked in Denver contrasts sharply with peer markets like Kansas City, where Digital Realty has deployed at least $475 million across multiple acquisitions and signaled a 600 MW campus expansion. The CAUTION rating should…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Google - Thornton 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 99 operating generating units totalling 5,492 MW within about 50 km of Thorton, 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 Thorton tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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