MDC McAllen is a data center operated by MDC Data Centers in McAllen, TX, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the McAllen data-center market on the ERCOT grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 30.1-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.
Data Center Power Index verdict for McAllen — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on McAllen — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
McAllen's data center market remains nascent and undersupplied, with 43 tracked facilities generating zero measurable MW capacity—a critical baseline indicator of market immaturity. The market scores 64/100 on excess-power availability but only 41/100 on constraint relief, revealing a structural mismatch: theoretical power headroom exists without corresponding infrastructure to reliably distribute it to tenants. This divergence signals that raw capacity announcements should be discounted until distribution constraints are demonstrably resolved. The operator base remains fragmented, with Vtx1 Companies McAllen operating two facilities and four other operators Smartcom Telephone LLC, 1547 Critical Systems Realty, CenturyLink, and Carriercom LP controlling single assets each—no dominant player has emerged. The CAUTION verdict reflects elevated execution risk rather than fundamental demand…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around MDC McAllen 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.
Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.
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 25 operating generating units totalling 6,231 MW within about 50 km of McAllen, 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 McAllen tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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