Central Office is a data center operated by AT&T in Whitewater, WI, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Madison data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.0-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 Madison — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Madison — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Madison's data center market is nascent and severely constrained, with 21 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity and a DCPI verdict firmly favoring avoidance. The excess-power score of 49/100 indicates marginal availability, while the constraint score of 36/100 signals meaningful operational friction—likely reflecting grid limitations, zoning restrictions, or both. Regional activity has centered on prospecting and regulatory posturing rather than deployment, with Dane County and Madison itself implementing data center moratoriums to update land-use regulations, effectively freezing near-term greenfield development. The "AVOID" verdict carries direct implications for acquisition-minded investors: Madison does not present a near-term entry opportunity for capital deployment. Unlike mature markets where legacy assets can be arbitraged for margin recovery, Madison lacks…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 43 operating generating units totalling 2,824 MW within about 50 km of Whitewater, 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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