Lumen Norristown

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Lumen Norristown is a data center operated by Lumen Technologies in Norristown, PA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Norristown data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.7-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Norristown
State
PA
Country
US

What changed

Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Norristown hosts a nascent data center footprint with three tracked facilities totaling zero operational megawatts, dominated by legacy telecom and regional colocation operators. Lumen Technologies, TierPoint, and TierPoint LLC each operate one facility in the market, indicating a fragmented operator base with no single dominant player. The absence of any measurable capacity suggests these are either legacy assets undergoing transition, recently decommissioned, or facilities not yet fully deployed—a critical distinction for investors evaluating real supply-side dynamics. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is driven by two structural headwinds: excess-power scores of 35/100 indicate chronic oversupply relative to demand absorption, while constraint scores of 30/100 reveal severe limitations on infrastructure expansion likely transmission capacity, cooling, or real estate availability. For…

Location

Area Norristown, PA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketNorristown
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power17.7 months
LocationNorristown, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 107 operating generating units totalling 10,977 MW within about 50 km of Norristown, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas8,183 MW · 32 units · 75%
Nuclear2,388 MW · 2 units · 22%
Utility-Scale Solar235 MW · 68 units · 2%
Bioenergy171 MW · 5 units · 2%

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

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