Windstream Communications is a data center in Durham, NC, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Durham data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 49.4-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 Durham — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Durham — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Durham's data center market remains nascent and undercapitalized, with only 10 tracked facilities totaling zero operational MW and a fragmented operator landscape dominated by unknown entities. The market's DCPI score of 18/100 for excess power and 55/100 for constraint signals severe structural limitations: excess power is critically low, indicating insufficient redundancy and expansion headroom, while the constraint score reflects moderate but unresolved bottlenecks in infrastructure or zoning. The operator roster—split among two unknown players, CyrusOne, Duke Libraries, Level 3 Communications, and IT Professional Services Limited—shows neither consolidation nor institutional depth. Most notably, zero recent M&A activity confirms the market has not yet attracted serious capital deployment or strategic interest from tier-one operators. For potential buyers, the DCPI verdict of AVOID…
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