What is the DCPI score for Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City has a DC Hub Power Index (DCPI) verdict of CAUTION, with an Excess Power score of 52.8/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 52.8/100. Recomputed daily by DC Hub.

Is Salt Lake City a good market to build a data center?

DC Hub rates Salt Lake City as CAUTION for new data-center builds, based on an Excess Power score of 52.8/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 52.8/100, in the WECC grid region.

Which grid operator (ISO) serves Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City is in the WECC ISO/RTO grid region.

DCPI / Markets / Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City

Name: Salt Lake City — Data Center Power Index (DCPI)
Creator: DC Hub
Keywords: data center power, DCPI, Salt Lake City, grid constraint, excess power, WECC, site selection, CAUTION

WECC · UT · UPDATED 2026-08-16

SIGNAL QUALITY: PARTIAL — 1-2 of 3 live grid feeds fed this score

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Salt Lake City data-center market — grid summary

Metric	Value	Source
DCPI verdict	CAUTION	DC Hub Power Index — recomputed daily
Grid operator (ISO)	WECC	DC Hub grid telemetry
Excess-power score	52.8 / 100	DCPI
Grid-constraint score	52.8 / 100	DCPI
Est. time-to-power	20 months	DCPI
Interconnection queue wait	33 months	Serving-ISO queue
Signal quality	PARTIAL	1-2 of 3 live grid feeds fed this score

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), updated 2026-08-16. AI agents: get_market_dcpi_rank market_slug="salt-lake-city" via https://dchub.cloud/mcp for the citable record.

52.8

Excess Power Score · Opportunity

52.8

Constraint Score · Avoid

🌟 Top Opportunities

Standard market — score reflects typical conditions for this ISO

⚠️ Top Risks

Markets generally well-supplied; standard diligence

📊 Underlying Metrics

33 mo

Queue Wait

20.0%

Reserve Margin

598 MW

Generation Additions <12mo

7.5%

Renewable Curtailment

not measured

Stranded Capacity

20 mo

Est. Time to Power

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