Oregon State Data Center is a data center operated by State of Oregon in Salem, OR, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Salem data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 16.6-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 Salem — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Salem — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Salem presents a constrained and underdeveloped market that ranks below investment threshold across both power availability and operational flexibility. The market operates only 3 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of capacity, indicating minimal established infrastructure despite being Oregon's capital. The DCPI scorecard reflects a critical bottleneck: excess-power scores 48/100 below median sufficiency while constraint metrics hit 37/100 severe operational rigidity. This combination signals that Salem lacks both adequate spare generation capacity and the grid flexibility required for large hyperscale deployments. The AVOID verdict aligns with structural, not cyclical, market limitations. Buyers and operators should interpret the low constraint score as a hard blocker rather than a timing issue—Salem's grid architecture does not currently accommodate rapid power ramping, redundant…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 64 operating generating units totalling 175 MW within about 50 km of Salem, 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 Salem tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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