Facebook Altoona Data Center 3 is a data center operated by Meta in Altoona, IA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 100.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Altoona data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.5-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 Altoona — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Altoona — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Altoona's data center market remains constrained and underdeveloped, with 13 tracked facilities totaling 500 MW across a fragmented operator base. The market's excess power capacity score of 44/100 signals surplus supply relative to demand, while the constraint score of 42/100 reflects significant infrastructure limitations—likely related to grid interconnection, transmission bottlenecks, or real estate availability. These twin pressures indicate a market still searching for anchor tenants and the coordinated investment required to unlock scale. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous for acquisition-focused buyers. Excess power 44/100 means operators cannot command premium pricing and face margin pressure on existing assets; new entrants would inherit these economics immediately. The constraint score 42/100 compounds this problem by limiting expansion upside—a buyer cannot easily add…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Facebook Altoona Data Center 3 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 23 operating generating units totalling 1,437 MW within about 50 km of Altoona, 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 Altoona tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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