Hosted Backbone Richmond1 is a data center operated by Hosted Backbone, LLC in Richmond, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Richmond data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 33.5-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 Richmond — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Richmond — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Richmond's data center market comprises 710 MW across 30 tracked facilities, dominated by Flexential with four properties and a fragmented operator base that includes QTS Blackstone, EdgeConneX two facilities, and smaller regional players. The market's DCPI assessment delivers a clear constraint signal: excess-power at 46/100 and constraint at 47/100, placing Richmond in the AVOID category for new investment. This balanced-but-critical dual score reflects a market caught between insufficient power redundancy and grid infrastructure limitations that directly threaten operational expansion. For acquisition-stage investors, the DCPI verdict eliminates Richmond as a greenfield or capacity-expansion play. The excess-power score of 46/100 indicates the market cannot reliably support incremental megawatt additions without infrastructure upgrades; concurrent constraint scoring of 47/100 signals…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Hosted Backbone Richmond1 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 41 operating generating units totalling 6,216 MW within about 50 km of Richmond, 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 Richmond tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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