Minneapolis Data Center #2 is a data center operated by XO Communications in Minneapolis, MN, CA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Minneapolis data-center market on the MISO grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 20.8-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 Minneapolis — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Minneapolis — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Minneapolis operates a fragmented 95 MW ecosystem across 85 tracked facilities, characterized by moderate power availability but acute infrastructure constraints. The excess-power index of 50/100 indicates borderline surplus capacity, while the constraint score of 47/100 signals that available power cannot be reliably deployed. Cologix maintains dominant position with 12 MW across multiple entities, followed by DataBank at 6 MW, fragmenting operator concentration and creating inconsistent service standards across the market. This distribution reflects a market still maturing beyond hyperscaler dominance but lacking the consolidated operators typical of tier-one hubs. The CAUTION verdict from the DCPI framework advises acquisition-focused investors to proceed with heightened due diligence and contingency planning. Unlike outright AVOID markets, Minneapolis presents conditional…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
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