Analysis

SES-Based Data Center Environments

Community Context Grouping

The SES clustering uses the current one-row-per-Atlas-ID factor snapshot and classifies data-center IDs into four native-level community context groups. ZCTA-level SES clustering is not used in the current analysis.

Cluster 1

Sites: 456 (31.0% of 1,472)
Top states: IA (60); OH (57); VA (46)
Top MSAs: Columbus, OH (52); Omaha, NE-IA (40); Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (40)
Top operators: Meta (49); Amazon Web Services (45); Google (36)
Median sqft: 166,120
Demographic signal: median household income $109,075; poverty 6.6%; unemployment 3.3%; bachelor-plus 43.6%; uninsured 4.8%; housing burden 45.0%
Race / ethnicity: White non-Hispanic 78.3%; Black non-Hispanic 3.9%; Hispanic 8.2%; Asian non-Hispanic 4.4%
SVI percentile: 0.25

Cluster 2

Sites: 294 (20.0% of 1,472)
Top states: OR (63); WA (60); TX (47)
Top MSAs: Hermiston-Pendleton, OR (59); Moses Lake, WA (39); Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN (22)
Top operators: Amazon Web Services (62); Microsoft (22); Meta (8)
Median sqft: 126,990
Demographic signal: median household income $78,760; poverty 13.4%; unemployment 4.7%; bachelor-plus 22.1%; uninsured 14.4%; housing burden 44.5%
Race / ethnicity: White non-Hispanic 41.1%; Black non-Hispanic 5.8%; Hispanic 45.4%; Asian non-Hispanic 3.5%
SVI percentile: 0.73

Cluster 3

Sites: 309 (21.0% of 1,472)
Top states: TX (59); VA (42); NJ (22)
Top MSAs: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (45); Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (44); New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (24)
Top operators: Google (19); Flexential (18); Amazon Web Services (17)
Median sqft: 112,205
Demographic signal: median household income $89,798; poverty 13.6%; unemployment 6.1%; bachelor-plus 47.6%; uninsured 9.0%; housing burden 53.9%
Race / ethnicity: White non-Hispanic 39.1%; Black non-Hispanic 25.2%; Hispanic 17.5%; Asian non-Hispanic 12.0%
SVI percentile: 0.52

Cluster 4

Sites: 413 (28.1% of 1,472)
Top states: VA (212); CA (81); NJ (23)
Top MSAs: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (212); San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (72); New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (27)
Top operators: Amazon Web Services (83); Digital Realty (44); Equinix (27)
Median sqft: 128,835
Demographic signal: median household income $176,817; poverty 5.4%; unemployment 3.1%; bachelor-plus 67.4%; uninsured 4.5%; housing burden 37.3%
Race / ethnicity: White non-Hispanic 39.9%; Black non-Hispanic 7.3%; Hispanic 13.2%; Asian non-Hispanic 33.6%
SVI percentile: 0.23