Midcontinent Communications Midco Fargo

Midco Fargo is a data center operated by Midcontinent Communications in Fargo, ND, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Fargo data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 13.0-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Fargo
State
ND
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for Fargo — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on Fargo — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Fargo's data center market remains nascent and underdeveloped, with only 4 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity. The market shows severe structural imbalances: excess power availability scores 41/100, indicating modest surplus generation, while constraint rating of 31/100 signals meaningful limitations on transmission, cooling, or real estate availability. This combination reflects a market that lacks both the density and infrastructure maturity required for enterprise-scale deployments. The operator landscape is fragmented across four players—Dakota Carrier Network 2 facilities, 702 Communications 1, and Midcontinent Communications 1—none of which has built meaningful scale. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries direct implications for institutional investors. A constraint score of 31/100 is the primary risk signal: this suggests Fargo faces real bottlenecks that would…

Location

Area Fargo, ND, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketFargo
Grid operatorMISO
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power13.0 months
LocationFargo, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Midco Fargo 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.

702 CommunicationsMidco hostingMidcontinent Communications

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.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 8 operating generating units totalling 60 MW within about 50 km of Fargo, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Wind54 MW · 2 units · 90%
Utility-Scale Solar6 MW · 6 units · 10%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

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