Microsoft South Hill Campus

Microsoft South Hill Campus is a data center operated by Microsoft in South Hill, VA, US. The facility is currently under construction. It sits in the Boydton data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 33.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Under Construction
Market
South Hill
State
VA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Boydton's data center footprint consists of 500 MW across 13 tracked facilities, anchored almost entirely by Microsoft's regional presence. Microsoft operates five of the thirteen facilities—AVC17, LVL, LYH10, and East Coast Data Center—representing a heavily concentrated operator base that limits competitive dynamics. The market shows no recent M&A activity, suggesting investor hesitation or limited available inventory for transaction. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is rooted in a critical structural imbalance: excess-power capacity at 44/100 signals tight margins between available and consumed power, while the constraint score of 46/100 indicates that grid and infrastructure limitations will prevent rapid capacity expansion. For acquisition-minded investors, this dual constraint means incremental growth requires infrastructure capex that reduces deal economics, and any major expansion by…

Location

Area South Hill, VA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketBoydton
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power33.1 months
LocationSouth Hill, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Microsoft South Hill Campus 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.

Microsoft

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 57 operating generating units totalling 4,967 MW within about 50 km of South Hill, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas3,425 MW · 3 units · 69%
Utility-Scale Solar938 MW · 50 units · 19%
Hydropower575 MW · 3 units · 12%
Bioenergy28 MW · 1 unit · 1%

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

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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