DC6 is a data center operated by Quality Technology Services 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.
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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.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around DC6 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.
Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.
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.
DC Hub tracks 42 operating generating units totalling 5,769 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.
Comparable facilities in Sandston tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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