Prime Data Centers Santa Clara is a data center operated by Prime Data Centers in Santa Clara, CA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Santa Clara data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 48.0-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 Santa Clara — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Santa Clara — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Santa Clara's data center market is characterized by a fundamental misalignment: 1,012 MW of capacity across 116 facilities masks operational bottlenecks that constrain productive deployment. The excess-power DCPI score of 59/100 indicates available electrical infrastructure, yet the constraint rating of 65/100 signals that power availability does not translate to usable capacity. Digital Realty dominates the operator landscape with 22 tracked facilities, followed by CoreSite 15, Equinix 7, and Vantage 6, creating a fragmented market where single-operator control remains limited. For prospective buyers, the CAUTION verdict demands disciplined due diligence. The market paradox—abundant power coupled with operational friction—means that acquiring capacity on the assumption of organic utilization carries material risk. Buyers cannot rely on power availability alone as a utilization proxy.…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 49 operating generating units totalling 2,960 MW within about 50 km of Santa Clara, 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 Santa Clara tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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