Microsoft Data Center 2 is a data center operated by Microsoft in Gainesville, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Bristow data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 34.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Bristow — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Bristow — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Bristow's data center market comprises 374 MW across five tracked facilities, but power availability and grid stress create a material barrier to entry. The market scores 46/100 on excess-power capacity and 49/100 on constraint metrics—both below investment-grade thresholds. This dual weakness reflects a market caught between adequate aggregate capacity and insufficient headroom to absorb large new workloads without grid reinforcement. The operator base remains fragmented: Compass Datacenters, Digital Realty, Microsoft's Gainesville facility MNZ03, and Yondr Group each operate single properties, suggesting no dominant player and limited consolidation momentum. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is operative for acquisition-stage investors and capacity-constrained operators seeking expansion. With excess-power at 46/100, new builds or major leasing commitments face real power scarcity risk; the…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Microsoft Data Center 2 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 35 operating generating units totalling 3,386 MW within about 50 km of Gainesville, 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.
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