Alpha Federal is a data center operated by Alpha Innovations in South Charleston, WV, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the South Charleston data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 16.9-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for South Charleston — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on South Charleston — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
South Charleston's data center market is effectively non-operational, with three tracked facilities across Alpha Innovations, Alpha Technologies Inc., and SecureNet collectively representing zero megawatts of deployed capacity. The market's infrastructure readiness is severely constrained: the excess-power score of 32/100 indicates minimal available grid capacity to support expansion, while the constraint rating of 26/100 signals substantial barriers to facility deployment and scaling. With no recent M&A activity recorded, the market lacks the institutional validation and capital momentum that typically precedes growth phases in comparable regions. The DCPI verdict to AVOID reflects a dual-constraint problem that materially limits investor returns. The excess-power score—measuring unutilized grid headroom—sits in the bottom third of viable markets, meaning operators cannot rely on…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Alpha Federal in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 4 operating generating units totalling 3,035 MW within about 50 km of South Charleston, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
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