Iron Mountain Data Center - Western Pennsylvania (WPA-1) is a data center operated by Iron Mountain Data Centers in Boyers, PA, US. The facility 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 19.8-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 18 MW across 58 tracked facilities, with DataBank commanding the largest operator presence at 6 locations and a competitive second tier anchored by Expedient 3 facilities. The market is heavily fragmented below these anchors, with EdgeConneX, DQE Communications LLC, and DataBank, Ltd. each operating 2 facilities. This operator distribution reflects a market still in formation, lacking the consolidation seen in tier-one hubs. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries immediate implications for acquisition-stage capital. With excess-power scoring only 35/100 and constraint scoring 32/100, Pittsburgh presents a dual squeeze: insufficient spare generation capacity to support new workload migration, and significant infrastructure constraints limiting expansion potential. This profile mirrors the calculus in Washington, DC 35/100 excess-power,…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Iron Mountain Data Center - Western Pennsylvania (WPA-1) 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.
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.
DC Hub tracks 17 operating generating units totalling 4,025 MW within about 50 km of Boyers, 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 Boyers tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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