SFN IA-Emery is a data center operated by South Front Networks in Mason City, IA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Cedar Falls data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 16.2-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 Cedar Falls — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Cedar Falls — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Cedar Falls hosts three tracked data center facilities totaling zero MW of operational capacity, with presence from Cologix operating one facility and Connect Des Moines, LLC one facility. The market's DCPI score of 42/100 for excess power and 34/100 for constraint severity reflects structural undersupply of both power infrastructure and available colocation density—a dual deficit that severely limits near-term expansion potential. This combination places Cedar Falls among Iowa's weakest markets for institutional data center deployment. The AVOID verdict is warranted for acquisition-focused investors and operators seeking to scale. The excess-power score of 42/100 indicates that local utility capacity cannot reliably support the multi-MW buildouts that anchor modern data center economics, while the constraint score of 34/100 signals that power accessibility remains a binding operational…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around SFN IA-Emery 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 29 operating generating units totalling 2,272 MW within about 50 km of Mason City, 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 Mason City tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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