Iron Mountain Data Center - Boston (BOS-1)

Iron Mountain Data Center - Boston (BOS-1) is a data center operated by Iron Mountain Data Centers in Northborough, MA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Marlborough data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 10.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Northborough
State
MA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Marlborough — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Marlborough — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Marlborough's data center market is severely constrained, with 13 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity and a dual DCPI score of 32/100 across both excess power and constraint metrics. The operator base is fragmented across five entities—365 Data Centers Marlborough, Colocation America Corporation, Crown Castle Inc., Crown Castle Marlborough, and Lincoln Rackhouse Marlborough—each holding minimal footprints of 1 facility each. This atomization reflects an underdeveloped market that has failed to consolidate around anchor operators or achieve meaningful scale. The AVOID verdict is unambiguous. A 32/100 rating on excess-power availability signals severe infrastructure deficits; simultaneously, a matching 32/100 constraint score indicates the market faces compounding limitations—likely grid interconnection bottlenecks, zoning restrictions, or power supply inadequacy that…

Location

Area Northborough, MA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMarlborough
Grid operatorISONE
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power10.8 months
LocationNorthborough, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Iron Mountain Data Center - Boston (BOS-1) 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.

Iron Mountain Data Centers

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 286 operating generating units totalling 4,315 MW within about 50 km of Northborough, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas3,408 MW · 16 units · 79%
Utility-Scale Solar744 MW · 262 units · 17%
Bioenergy152 MW · 4 units · 4%
Wind11 MW · 4 units · 0%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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