HPC is a data center operated by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Albuquerque data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 10.7-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 Albuquerque — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Albuquerque — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Albuquerque's data center footprint remains modest but constrained, with 35 tracked facilities totaling 500 MW across a fragmented operator base. The market is dominated by unknown operators 4 facilities, followed by municipal and regional players including Albuquerque Public Schools Data Center, CNM Westside Data Center, Bigbyte.cc Albuquerque, and 725. No recent M&A activity has been tracked, indicating limited consolidation pressure or acquisition appetite in the market to date. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 56/100 paired with constraint 32/100 signals caution for prospective investors. The moderate excess-power score suggests adequate available capacity for new deployments, but the constraint reading—while not critical—flags emerging infrastructure limitations that could restrict scaling. This mixed signal indicates the market is neither capacity-starved nor wide open; operators…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 29 operating generating units totalling 1,282 MW within about 50 km of Albuquerque, 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 Albuquerque tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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