Pulsant Edinburgh South Gyle SC-1 is a data center operated by Pulsant in Edinburgh, GB. It carries a reported power capacity of 5.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Edinburgh data-center market on the NGESO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 122.9-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 Edinburgh — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Edinburgh — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Edinburgh's data center market comprises 12 tracked facilities totaling 34 MW, dominated by Pulsant's 6-facility footprint. The market is severely constrained: a DCPI constraint score of 64/100 indicates structural limitations in power, land, or cooling capacity that will frustrate growth-stage operators. Excess power availability is critically low at 23/100, meaning the market has minimal headroom to absorb incremental demand or support expansion. For acquisition-focused investors, the AVOID verdict is unambiguous. A constraint score of 64/100 places Edinburgh in the same problematic territory as Manchester 71/100 constraint and Washington, DC 65/100 constraint—markets where limited excess capacity and acute infrastructure bottlenecks create hostile conditions for deal execution. The combination of minimal power surplus 23/100 and high constraint pressure means that any buyer…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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