Level(3) Oakland is a data center operated by Lumen Technologies in Emeryville, CA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Emeryville data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 38.0-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 Emeryville — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Emeryville — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Emeryville remains a micro-scale market with fragmented infrastructure and conflicting supply-demand signals. The market tracks only 5 facilities totaling 0 MW of deployed capacity, indicating either early-stage development or incomplete market coverage. The DCPI excess-power score of 62/100 suggests moderate oversupply conditions, while the constraint index of 54/100 points to mid-tier interconnection and infrastructure limitations—a mixed signal that resists straightforward interpretation. The CAUTION verdict reflects genuine structural risks for entry-stage investors. An excess-power score above 60 typically signals that available capacity outpaces near-term demand absorption, compressing margins and extending payback horizons. Simultaneously, the constraint score of 54 indicates that physical or regulatory bottlenecks may prevent rapid scaling even if demand materializes. For…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Level(3) Oakland 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 76 operating generating units totalling 6,218 MW within about 50 km of Emeryville, 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 Emeryville tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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