Zayo Pittsburgh - 2500 Allegheny Center Mall

Zayo Pittsburgh - 2500 Allegheny Center Mall is a data center operated by Zayo Group in Pittsburgh, PA, US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Pittsburgh data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 19.8-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Market
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
US

Market intelligence

AVOID

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

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Market context

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

Pittsburgh's data center footprint remains modest at 18 MW across 58 tracked facilities, with DataBank commanding the largest operator presence at 6 locations and a competitive second tier anchored by Expedient 3 facilities. The market is heavily fragmented below these anchors, with EdgeConneX, DQE Communications LLC, and DataBank, Ltd. each operating 2 facilities. This operator distribution reflects a market still in formation, lacking the consolidation seen in tier-one hubs. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries immediate implications for acquisition-stage capital. With excess-power scoring only 35/100 and constraint scoring 32/100, Pittsburgh presents a dual squeeze: insufficient spare generation capacity to support new workload migration, and significant infrastructure constraints limiting expansion potential. This profile mirrors the calculus in Washington, DC 35/100 excess-power,…

Location

Area Pittsburgh, PA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketPittsburgh
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power19.8 months
LocationPittsburgh, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Zayo Pittsburgh - 2500 Allegheny Center Mall 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.

365 Data Centers (BroadbandONE)3ROX (Three Rivers Optical Exchange)Allegheny ConnectArelion (Twelve99)Armstrong Utilities, IncBreezelineCCRChris RogersCitynetCloudflareCogent Communications, Inc.Consolidated Communications - PA

Further networks are recorded at this location beyond those listed here.

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 12 operating generating units totalling 4,319 MW within about 50 km of Pittsburgh, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas2,340 MW · 4 units · 54%
Nuclear1,917 MW · 2 units · 44%
Utility-Scale Solar62 MW · 6 units · 1%

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

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