Power availability in Charlotte: DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 30.2 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.
Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 281 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12
Charlotte has 16 MW operational among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Flexential (8 MW) and T5 (8 MW).
| Status | MW |
|---|---|
| Operational | 16 |
| Total listed | 16 |
Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.
Broker lease rates (CBRE/JLL): available on paid plans. Asking base rent per kW of critical IT capacity. Electricity is normally billed separately (metered pass-through), plus cross-connects and one-time fees. Signed deals, term and size change the number. Source: CBRE North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (250+ kW): Charlotte-Raleigh (combined market) (figure on paid plans) (link)
No recent deal activity has been recorded in the market.
Together, these scores suggest that operators pursuing expansion or new builds will face elevated lead times and potentially higher costs to source and interconnect new power supply. The combination does not reflect demand weakness but rather a mismatch between available grid capacity and site-level appetite for additional megawatts.
Operator consolidation is concentrated among regional and national players. Flexential's nine-site footprint establishes it as the dominant operator by facility count, though the aggregate 16 MW base remains modest relative to major U.S. metros. In adjacent North Carolina markets, WhiteFiber announced acquisition of two development-stage sites in late 2025, indicating that greenfield and repositioning activity continues in the state, though not visibly in Charlotte's tracked set.
Power infrastructure development remains the limiting variable for growth. Any material acceleration in Charlotte capacity will likely depend on whether utility-scale power additions—whether through grid reinforcement, generation capacity, or distributed supply agreements—can narrow the gap between buildable MW and grid availability.
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flexential Charlotte | Flexential | Operational | 8 |
| T5@Charlotte | T5 | Operational | 8 |
| CENTRA CLT01 - Charlotte NC (701 E Trade) | CENTRA Digital Interconnect | Operational | |
| Carolina Internet / CaroNet | CaroNet | Operational | |
| Carolina Internet / CaroNet XB | CaroNet | Operational | |
| Cogent Charlotte | Cogent Communications, Inc. | Operational | |
| Cogent Charlotte 2 | Cogent Communications, Inc. | Operational | |
| Digital Realty CLT (113 N Myers St) | Digital Realty | Operational | |
| Digital Realty CLT (125 N Myers St) | Digital Realty | Operational | |
| Flexential - Charlotte/North (CLT4/5) | Flexential Corp. | Operational | |
| Flexential - Charlotte/South (CLT1/2/3) | Flexential Corp. | Operational | |
| Flexential Charlotte - South | Flexential | Operational | |
| Level(3) Charlotte | Lumen Technologies | Operational | |
| Spectrum Charlotte National Data Center | Operational | ||
| TierPoint Charlotte - Center Park | TierPoint, LLC | Operational | |
| TierPoint Charlotte - North Myers | TierPoint, LLC | Operational |
Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.
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Charlotte: 16 MW tracked, any status — live, cited, and queryable by API or MCP.
JSON: /api/v1/markets/charlotte/deep-dive · DCPI: /dcpi · Operators: /operators · Narrative written 2026-11-07, refreshed on a rolling schedule (about monthly per market); the DCPI score, MW total and facility records above are read live at page load