Evocative Emeryville (EM1) is a data center operated by VPLS in Emeryville, CA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 3.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Emeryville data-center market on the CAISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 29.2-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Emeryville — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Emeryville — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Emeryville hosts a minimal but operationally diverse footprint across three tracked facilities with fragmented ownership. The market is split among Lumen Technologies Inc, an Unknown operator, and VPLS, each controlling single assets with no disclosed aggregate capacity data—a sign of either nascent development or incomplete market visibility. The absence of MW figures underscores the challenge of building scale in a geographically constrained Bay Area submarket where land and permitting friction remain structural headwinds. The DCPI verdict of CAUTION—driven by excess-power scoring of 39/100 paired with constraint pressure at 51/100—signals a market caught between undersupply and undersized operators. The elevated constraint score reflects real infrastructure limits: Emeryville's proximity to PG&E grid congestion zones and local zoning restrictions create binding headroom caps that…
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