SFN MN-Albert Lea is a data center operated by South Front Networks in Albert Lea, MN, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Rochester data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 18.1-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 Rochester — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Rochester — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Rochester's data center market remains functionally dormant, with 12 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of operational capacity. This presents a market still in formation rather than maturity. The operator base is fragmented across five entities—Frontier Rochester leads with four facilities, followed by Centurylink Rochester with two, while Gafachi, Neutral Path Communications, and South Front Networks each hold single assets. The absence of quantified capacity despite facility counts suggests these are either pre-revenue, minimal-footprint, or legacy assets awaiting consolidation or decommissioning. The DCPI verdict of excess-power 44/100 paired with constraint 36/100 signals a market fundamentally misaligned for new investment. The excess-power score indicates oversupply relative to demand—Rochester lacks the density of hyperscale or enterprise customers to absorb available…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around SFN MN-Albert Lea 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 58 operating generating units totalling 1,454 MW within about 50 km of Albert Lea, 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 Albert Lea tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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