Lightboard ★ New England is a data center operated by Lightboard ★ in Springfield, MA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Springfield data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 15.2-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 Springfield — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Springfield — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Springfield hosts 9 tracked facilities totaling 15 MW across a fragmented operator base, positioning it as a minor regional market with limited scale. The five tracked operators—Bluebird Fiber, Cogent Communications, Crown Castle, LexisNexus Springfield, and Lightboard—each manage single-facility portfolios, indicating no dominant market consolidation. The modest total capacity and distributed ownership structure suggest Springfield functions as a secondary node in broader regional infrastructure networks rather than a primary data center hub. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects acute structural headwinds for acquisition-focused investors. The excess-power score of 29/100 signals severely constrained capacity availability—existing facilities are operating near utilization ceilings, leaving minimal room for new tenant absorption without significant capex investment. The constraint score…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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