Ashburn I, VA, United States is a data center operated by Vantage Data Centers in Ashburn I, VA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Culpeper data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 31.6-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 Culpeper — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Culpeper — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Culpeper hosts seven tracked facilities totaling 216 MW, dominated by Equinix's four-facility footprint across multiple operators. The market shows fragmentation typical of secondary Virginia markets, with EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure and EQUINIX, LLC - CU 1-4 holding minority positions. This distributed operational structure contrasts with consolidated markets where single operators control 60%+ of capacity, suggesting limited economies of scale and coordination potential for new entrants. The DCPI verdict of AVOID, driven by an excess-power score of 46/100 paired with a constraint score of 41/100, signals fundamental infrastructure misalignment. An excess-power rating below 50 indicates insufficient power headroom for incremental workload absorption—critical for hyperscaler and AI-driven expansion. The constraint score of 41 reinforces this concern, suggesting grid infrastructure…
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