Global capacity shift accelerates as London and Frankfurt constraint scores remain above 70 while Midland–Odessa holds 85.7 excess—CoreWeave's Jakarta bet highlights emerging offshore arbitrage
## Hyperscale capacity is moving offshore
CoreWeave announced plans to deploy **360 MW of data-center capacity in Indonesia**, marking the GPU-infrastructure specialist's first build in the Asia-Pacific region. The move comes as **London scores 77.8 on DC Hub's constraint index** and **Frankfurt sits at 72.8**—both above the 70 threshold that signals material permitting and interconnection risk.
Meanwhile, **Midland–Odessa, TX holds an 85.7 excess-power score**, the highest among 218 tracked markets, yet CoreWeave is betting on Jakarta. The calculus: offshore markets offer faster time-to-power in a cycle where US developers now quote 24–36 months from site control to energization in constrained ISOs.
## What it means for site selection
The 360 MW commitment is a **capacity-weighted vote** that offshore grids—particularly in Southeast Asia—can deliver power and fiber on a timeline that competes with even the best US secondary markets. For hyperscalers evaluating 100+ MW campuses, the Jakarta deployment suggests a new playbook: **build where the grid can absorb load, not where the PPA is cheapest**.
Second-order implication: if CoreWeave can stand up 360 MW in Indonesia faster than 180 MW in ERCOT's interconnection queue (which currently holds 427 GW of requested load), the **offshore arbitrage window is open**. Developers holding land in Oklahoma City (76.5 excess) or Tulsa (76.5 excess) have 12–18 months to capitalize before capital chases the next low-constraint frontier.
## Methodology
DC Hub tracks **15,000+ facilities, 280+ markets, and 7 ISOs** with daily-refreshed excess-power and constraint scores (0–100). The **Data Center Power Index (DCPI)** combines interconnection-queue depth, stranded-generation capacity, transmission-congestion data, and developer time-to-power surveys. Markets scoring above 70 excess are flagged BUILD; above 65 constraint are flagged AVOID.
**Source:** DC Hub Data Center Power Index (https://dchub.cloud/dcpi). Updated daily.
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