The Putney School is a data center. It sits in the Springfield data-center market on the ISONE grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Springfield — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Springfield — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Springfield's data center market remains nascent, with 11 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity—indicating that tracked assets are either pre-revenue, colocation-focused, or primarily serve as smaller regional hubs rather than hyperscale infrastructure. The operator roster is fragmented across five entities, none commanding dominant market share: Bluebird Fiber, Cogent Communications, Crown Castle, LexisNexus Springfield, and Lightboard each operate a single facility. This distribution suggests limited consolidation and no single incumbent positioned to shape market dynamics. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous for acquisition-focused investors. The excess-power score of 29/100 signals severe constraint on available capacity—existing infrastructure is either fully utilized or lacks meaningful headroom for incremental deployment. The constraint score of 37/100…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 53 operating generating units totalling 2,266 MW within about 50 km of this location. 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.
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