Terminal Commerce Building

Terminal Commerce Building is a data center in Philadelphia, PA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Philadelphia data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 20.2-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

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

Philadelphia's data center market remains severely undersupplied with only 39 MW across 61 tracked facilities, creating a fragmented landscape dominated by mid-tier operators rather than hyperscalers. The DCPI scores—excess-power at 35/100 and constraint at 34/100—paint a picture of a market stretched thin on both fronts. With 365 Data Centers operating five facilities as the largest single operator, followed by DataBank and two unnamed operators with three facilities each, no entity commands meaningful market control, and concentration remains low enough that entry remains theoretically viable but operationally risky. The AVOID verdict reflects a harsh reality for acquisition-stage investors: Philadelphia lacks the power headroom or infrastructure maturity to absorb new demand without substantial brownfield capex. The constraint score of 34/100—nearly identical to Washington, DC's…

Location

Area Philadelphia, PA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketPhiladelphia
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power20.2 months
LocationPhiladelphia, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Terminal Commerce Building 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.

Adams CATV, Inc.Akamai TechnologiesAmazon.comArelion (Twelve99)Armstrong Utilities, IncAstoundAtlantech Online, Inc.BLOCKCAST-CDN-01BreezelineBuckeye CablevisionC3AeroChris Rogers

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 152 operating generating units totalling 10,949 MW within about 50 km of Philadelphia, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas7,940 MW · 32 units · 73%
Nuclear2,388 MW · 2 units · 22%
Utility-Scale Solar397 MW · 112 units · 4%
Bioenergy224 MW · 6 units · 2%

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

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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