QTS Santa Clara 1 is a data center operated by QTS Realty 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 experiencing power scarcity paired with physical space constraints, creating a sellers' market for operators with available capacity. The region supports 116 tracked facilities totaling 1,563 MW across a fragmented operator base, with Digital Realty commanding the largest footprint at 22 facilities. The excess-power score of 64/100 indicates available generation capacity in the broader region, but the constraint score of 62/100—nearly matching the power score—reveals the real bottleneck: last-mile distribution infrastructure and interconnection limitations are preventing efficient power deployment to customer workloads. The CAUTION verdict signals that Santa Clara is unsuitable for speculative acquisitions or passive portfolio expansion. Buyers entering the market should expect limited upside from simple lease-rate arbitrage; the combination of tight…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Santa Clara tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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