Citynet Charleston

Citynet Charleston is a data center operated by Citynet in Charleston, WV, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Charleston data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 17.1-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Charleston
State
WV
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Charleston's data center market remains nascent and severely undersupplied, with only 4 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity across three fragmented operators. The market's Data Center Power Index scores of 32/100 on excess-power availability and 27/100 on constraint severity place it squarely in AVOID territory—a dual failure on both supply and infrastructure dimensions. Alpha Technologies, Citynet, and Frontier Charleston each operate a single facility, indicating a market dominated by small regional players with no meaningful scale or competitive moat. The complete absence of recent M&A activity further signals investor skepticism toward Charleston's near-term viability. The AVOID verdict reflects a market fundamentally unprepared for enterprise data center investment at scale. An excess-power score of 32/100 indicates that available electrical supply is severely…

Location

Area Charleston, WV, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketCharleston
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power17.1 months
LocationCharleston, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Citynet Charleston 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.

CitynetWest Virginia Internet Exchange

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 4 operating generating units totalling 3,035 MW within about 50 km of Charleston, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Coal2,933 MW · 3 units · 97%
Hydropower102 MW · 1 unit · 3%

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

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