ARE-ON Forrest City is a data center operated by Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (AREON) in Forrest City, AR, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Memphis data-center market on the TVA grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 10.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Memphis — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Memphis — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Memphis operates 33 data center facilities across 5,600 MW of total capacity, dominated by xAI's seven-site footprint, with DataBank, EdgeConneX, and CenturyLink Memphis each maintaining smaller regional presences. The market's excess-power score of 35/100 signals meaningful capacity glut—supply outpaces near-term demand absorption—while a constraint rating of 26/100 reflects limited infrastructure bottlenecks that might otherwise support premium pricing or scarcity-driven investment returns. This combination creates a buyer's market with downward pressure on unit economics. The DCPI verdict to AVOID reflects a structural mismatch between supply and demand that makes acquisition or greenfield deployment economically unattractive for institutional investors. With excess power available at 35/100, new entrants face immediate commoditization risk and weak pricing leverage. Operators…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around ARE-ON Forrest City 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 8 operating generating units totalling 842 MW within about 50 km of Forrest City, 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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