Johns Hopkins Data Center

Johns Hopkins Data Center is a data center in Baltimore, MD, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Baltimore data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 14.9-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

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

Baltimore's data center infrastructure remains underdeveloped at 8 MW across 33 tracked facilities, limiting both scale and competitive positioning. The market is fragmented among five primary operators, with Expedient leading by facility count 3 sites but no single player commanding dominant capacity. The operator base—Expedient, AiNET, TierPoint, and a cluster of smaller providers—reflects a typical mid-market structure lacking the consolidated efficiency seen in major hubs like Washington, DC, where Equinix and CoreSite control supply. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 34/100 and constraint 28/100 signals a market to avoid for growth-stage investment. These paired scores indicate moderate power availability without the reliability assurance investors require; the low constraint score suggests limited headroom for capacity expansion without infrastructure upgrades. Unlike dormant…

Location

Area Baltimore, MD, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketBaltimore
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power14.9 months
LocationBaltimore, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 124 operating generating units totalling 6,803 MW within about 50 km of Baltimore, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas4,602 MW · 14 units · 68%
Coal1,370 MW · 2 units · 20%
Hydropower531 MW · 1 unit · 8%
Utility-Scale Solar240 MW · 106 units · 4%
Bioenergy60 MW · 1 unit · 1%

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

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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