Alternative Choice Wireless, LLC ACW Winter Haven

ACW Winter Haven is a data center operated by Alternative Choice Wireless, LLC in Winter Haven, FL, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Lakeland data-center market on the FRCC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 15.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Winter Haven
State
FL
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Lakeland — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Lakeland — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Lakeland's data center footprint remains minimal with only 4 tracked facilities totaling negligible megawatt capacity. The market is heavily concentrated among two operators—Cologix operates two facilities while Cologix, Inc. and Lawton Information Services each operate one—creating a fragmented competitive landscape dominated by a single player. No recent mergers or acquisitions have been recorded in the market, indicating stalled investment momentum and limited exit activity. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries material weight for acquisition-focused investors and capacity-seeking operators. With excess-power scoring at 43/100 and constraint scoring at 34/100, Lakeland presents a fundamentally unstable investment thesis: the market simultaneously lacks sufficient power headroom for growth while failing to offer binding constraints that would secure premium pricing power. For buyers…

Location

Area Winter Haven, FL, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketLakeland
Grid operatorFRCC
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power15.0 months
LocationWinter Haven, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 72 operating generating units totalling 10,308 MW within about 50 km of Winter Haven, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas8,950 MW · 42 units · 87%
Utility-Scale Solar1,308 MW · 29 units · 13%
Bioenergy50 MW · 1 unit · 0%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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