Centre de Processament de Dades IBM

Centre de Processament de Dades IBM is a data center in Cerdanyola del Vallès, ES. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Barcelona data-center market on the ENTSOE-ES grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 64.6-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Barcelona
City
Cerdanyola del Vallès
Country
ES

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Barcelona — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Barcelona — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Barcelona's data center market remains nascent and undersized, with only 70 tracked facilities totaling 40 MW across a fragmented operator base. The market is dominated by regional and incumbent players—Telefonica Barcelona, Equinix operating two separate entity entries with 3 and 2 facilities respectively, and Acens Barcelona—with a significant portion of capacity 3 facilities held by unidentified operators, indicating either smaller independent players or incomplete market intelligence. The capital-light nature of the installed base and lack of recent M&A signals suggest minimal institutional attention to Barcelona relative to larger European hubs. The DCPI verdict of AVOID—driven by excess-power constraint at 33/100 and a problematic capacity constraint score of 56/100—disqualifies Barcelona from acquisition consideration for growth-oriented investors. The constraint score of 56/100…

Location

Area Cerdanyola del Vallès, ES

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketBarcelona
Grid operatorENTSOE-ES
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power64.6 months
LocationCerdanyola del Vallès, ES

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 52 operating generating units totalling 2,934 MW within about 50 km of Cerdanyola del Vallès, ES. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,641 MW · 8 units · 90%
Wind146 MW · 4 units · 5%
Utility-Scale Solar115 MW · 39 units · 4%
Bioenergy32 MW · 1 unit · 1%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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