Data Center Colocation Costs in United States: Q3 2026 Price Index

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Q3 2026 · 2026-10-01 · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · CBRE, North America Data Center Trends H2 2025 · 87 Tier III/IV · 209 AI-ready · 63,270+ MW · sources

How this market compares

Round-trip times are measured figures from the latency matrix; power tariffs from the index. Cross-connects add $50–$350 per month each on top of any rate. Round-trip · The Index

Why prices sit where they do

North America is the deepest colocation market in the world and the only one with a reliable public benchmark: CBRE reports $196.25 per kW per month average asking rate for 250–500 kW requirements, up 6.6% year on year. Northern Virginia prices above that at $215/kW and rose 19%, because vacancy in the primary market is under 1% and power, not land, is now the binding constraint. Utility interconnection queues run years, which turns already-energised capacity into the scarce asset. Electricity at $0.103/kWh in Virginia is cheap by global standards and is not what drives the price; the premium is for interconnection density and for the fact that a new entrant cannot simply build next door. Buyers with latency tolerance increasingly look at Dallas, Phoenix and Columbus, where the same operators price materially lower for the same technical specification.

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