Involta Independence is a data center in Independence, OH, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Cleveland data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 16.7-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 Cleveland — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Cleveland — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Cleveland's data center footprint comprises 48 tracked facilities totaling 180 MW across a fragmented operator base, but the market faces a critical infrastructure constraint that should give institutional buyers pause. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is driven by a constraint score of 45/100—signaling meaningful power availability headwinds—paired with an excess-power score of 39/100, indicating limited surplus capacity for expansion or new tenant onboarding. The operator landscape is highly distributed, with five players each managing two facilities Expedient, H5 Data Centers, Cogent Communications, and DataBank, plus Involta, suggesting no single entity controls pricing power or growth trajectory. For acquisition-focused investors, the AVOID verdict reflects a specific risk: power infrastructure cannot reliably support either hyperscaler migration into the market or density increases…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 10 operating generating units totalling 1,396 MW within about 50 km of Independence, 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.
Comparable facilities in Independence tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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