Microsoft Data Center 1 is a data center operated by Microsoft in Gainesville, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Gainesville data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 19.1-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 Gainesville — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Gainesville — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Gainesville's data center footprint remains modest at 14 MW across 9 tracked facilities, anchored by Microsoft's dual presence and complemented by single-site operations from AWS, Digital Realty, and NTT. The market is defined by academic-institutional weight—the University of Florida operates two facilities—which shapes both capacity patterns and investment logic differently than pure commercial hubs. This mixed-use composition has prevented the kind of standardized build-to-suit consolidation seen in larger metros, keeping the market fragmented and supply constrained relative to demand signals. The DCPI verdict—excess-power at 47/100 paired with constraint at 52/100—delivers a clear AVOID signal for acquisitive investors. While the excess-power score of 47 suggests modest headroom in available capacity, the constraint score of 52 indicates that land availability, interconnection…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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