DataBank Pittsburgh (PIT1) is a data center operated by DataBank in Pittsburgh, PA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 5.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Pittsburgh data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 28.3-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 Pittsburgh — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Pittsburgh — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Pittsburgh's data center footprint remains modest at 76 MW across 50 tracked facilities, with DataBank commanding the largest operator presence at 8 facilities combined DataBank and DataBank, Ltd., followed by Expedient with 3 sites. The market shows structural fragmentation typical of secondary metros, with no single operator controlling more than 10% of tracked capacity. Recent deal activity at the state level—notably Alpha Compute's $55M acquisition of Pennsylvania land and gas rights for a data center campus—signals renewed interest in the region, though no M&A has closed directly within Pittsburgh's tracked footprint. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries immediate implications for acquisition-focused investors. The excess-power score of 34/100 indicates chronic undersupply relative to market demand, meaning new entrants will face material difficulty securing adequate utility capacity…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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