SD / Comsat Santa Paula Ground Station is a data center operated by SD Data Center in Santa Paula, CA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the El Segundo data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 41.2-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 El Segundo — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on El Segundo — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
El Segundo's data center market is constrained by tight power availability despite moderate installed capacity. The market currently hosts 9 tracked facilities totaling 72 MW across a competitive operator base. Digital Realty leads with 3 facilities, while Equinix and ServerFarm each operate 2 sites. The DCPI excess-power score of 62/100 indicates power remains a binding constraint relative to available grid capacity, while the constraint index of 58/100 signals regulatory and infrastructure headwinds that limit expansion potential. The dual CAUTION verdict reflects genuine risk for acquisition-focused investors. The 62/100 excess-power reading means available surplus generation cannot easily absorb new colocation demand or GPU-intensive workloads without grid upgrades—a multi-year remediation cycle. The constraint score of 58/100 is particularly telling: it captures land availability,…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around SD / Comsat Santa Paula Ground Station 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.
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 27 operating generating units totalling 3,673 MW within about 50 km of Santa Paula, 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 Santa Paula tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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