Data Centers in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 7 data centers identified from primary sources across 1 county, run by 3 operators, against an industry reference count of 7. Providence County holds the largest cluster with 7. ISO-NE runs the grid for all of the state. 1 state measure on record (failed) and 2 local pauses; 1 named project delayed or blocked.
Where Rhode Island's data centers stand
Key facts
- Data centers identified
- 7 from the operators' own facility lists, PeeringDB, OpenStreetMap and Wikidata
- Target count
- 7 facilities in the industry reference count for Rhode Island; this map holds 8 of them (114.3 percent), -1 still to identify
- Largest cluster
- Providence County with 7 facilities
- Largest operator
- Provdotnet with 4 facilities
- Grid operator
- ISO-NE
- State measures
- 1 on record, strongest status failed
- Local pauses
- 2 city or county moratoria · 2 local restrictions on the delay watchlist
- Water measures
- 0 state and local, plus the federal measures that apply everywhere
Rhode Island data centers, in short
Rhode Island has 7 data centers identified from primary sources, spread across 1 city or county and run by 3 operators. The largest concentration is Providence, with 7 data centers.
The operators with the most data centers in Rhode Island are Provdotnet (4), Crown Castle (2), Lumen (1). Colocation and interconnection providers appear most often because they publish building-level detail; hyperscale campuses appear where the operator or the county names the individual buildings.
ISO-NE runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage grid for all of Rhode Island. 1 statewide measure governing data centers is on record, alongside 2 local pauses. 1 named project in Rhode Island is delayed, blocked or under challenge.
Rhode Island data centers by city
Every data center identified in Rhode Island, grouped by the city or county it stands in, 7 of them across 1 places. Each entry names the operator and links to the source that states it.
Data centers in Providence, Rhode Island
- Crown Castle Providence (235 Promenade) Crown Castle 235 Promenade St. 3 networks
- Crown Castle Providence (300 Carpenter) Crown Castle 300 Carpenter St.
- Lumen Network Colocation market: Providence, RI Lumen
- Alpha3 Cloud / Prov.net Providence colocation facility Provdotnet
- Prov.net 935 Provdotnet 935 Westminster St
- Prov.net PVD1 (1155 Westminster) Provdotnet 1155 Westminster St 2 networks
- Prov.net PVD2 (304 Carpenter) Provdotnet 304 Carpenter Street 5 networks
Floor area and power appear only where the operator or a government record publishes them. A building the sources describe without naming it is listed as a data center building at its county.
Where they cluster, and who runs them
Facilities by county 1
Operators 3
Cities 1
The rules and the pipeline in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 1 state measure on record (failed), 2 local pauses, and 0 state or local water measures. ISO-NE runs the grid there. Each tracker below holds the full record for Rhode Island, with every entry sourced.
Rhode Island's neighbors
Rhode Island data centers, answered from the record
How many data centers are in Rhode Island?
The industry reference count for Rhode Island is 7 facilities. This map places 7 of them from primary sources, each with a source record you can open, and every entry names the operator, the county, and the grid operator that serves it. The rest are mostly small regional colocation providers and enterprise buildings that no public register describes.
Where are Rhode Island's data centers?
They are listed on this page city by city. By city: Providence (7). By county: Providence County (7). Every data center identified in Rhode Island appears under the city or county it stands in, with its operator and the source that names it.
Who operates data centers in Rhode Island?
3 operators appear in the registers for Rhode Island. The largest by facility count: Provdotnet (4), Crown Castle (2), Lumen (1). Interconnection-heavy providers are over-represented because PeeringDB records where networks meet; hyperscalers appear where contributors have mapped their buildings.
Does Rhode Island have a data center moratorium?
Rhode Island has 1 state measure on record: S2776: Data-center grid-cost and water guardrails (failed, Jun 2026). 2 city or county pauses are on record locally. The Rhode Island Data Center Moratorium Tracker carries each measure with its primary source and a weekly changelog.
Which grid operator serves Rhode Island data centers?
ISO-NE runs the wholesale power market and the high-voltage transmission system for all of Rhode Island. Entire state in ISO-NE.
Are new data centers being built or delayed in Rhode Island?
1 named project in Rhode Island is delayed, blocked, or under challenge, with 2 local restrictions, 0 jurisdictional actions, 0 utility dockets, and 0 flagged queue row or large-load studys. The capital atlas records 0 named sites in Rhode Island and 3 projects blocked, delayed, or halted.
Facility layer: PeeringDB (Acceptable Use Policy), OpenStreetMap (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), US Census Bureau boundaries. Tracker layers: the SAVRN Moratorium Tracker, Water Tracker, Grid Operator Watchlist, Delay Watchlist, and Capital Atlas, each primary-sourced. Method on the national map.
Rhode Island across the SAVRN trackers
The same state followed through the money, the policy, the water and the delays. Each page is primary-sourced and refreshed on its own schedule, and each links back here.