Encompass Minneapolis Facility is a data center operated by Encompass in Lino Lakes, MN, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Minneapolis data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 20.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
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Data Center Power Index verdict for Minneapolis — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Minneapolis — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Minneapolis operates at near-equilibrium with balanced power supply and demand constraints that eliminate margin opportunity for new entrants. The market comprises 89 tracked facilities delivering 95 MW of total capacity, with Cologix commanding the largest operator footprint at 7 facilities, followed by DataBank at 6. The DCPI scores—45/100 for excess power and 46/100 for constraint—indicate neither surplus nor acute shortage; this symmetry is the problem. The dual-constraint verdict of AVOID applies specifically to greenfield development and acquisition at elevated valuation. Investors cannot exploit power premiums excess-power score signals no surplus pricing power nor can they justify greenfield capex on the premise of filling constrained capacity. The market lacks the asymmetry that generates returns: no power glut justifies discounted wholesale pricing, and no acute power scarcity…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 150 operating generating units totalling 3,978 MW within about 50 km of Lino Lakes, 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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