QTS Richmond - (RIC5) is a data center operated by QTS in Sandston, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Sandston data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 32.4-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 Sandston — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Sandston — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Sandston's data center market is fragmented and dormant, with 29 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity. Quality Technology Services dominates the landscape with 11 properties, followed by two unnamed operators with 6 and 5 facilities respectively, while QTS entities hold only 4 combined properties. The market's critical constraint is not scarcity—it is the complete absence of measurable power infrastructure, indicated by the 0 MW total across all tracked sites. This suggests Sandston either hosts shell facilities awaiting development, legacy non-operational assets, or properties that have yet to attract institutional power investment. The DCPI verdict of 47/100 on both excess-power and constraint metrics translates to a hard avoid recommendation. A balanced median score on power availability masks the underlying pathology: with zero operational megawatts, the market…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 39 operating generating units totalling 5,421 MW within about 50 km of Sandston, 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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