Edged Delivers 200 MW in Council Bluffs as Midwest Consolidates 48% of US Excess-Power Capacity

## Highlights

Edged topped out a 200-MW data center complex in Council Bluffs, Iowa this week—the largest single-facility addition to DC Hub's live tracking in September. The facility lands in a market cluster that now represents **48% of all US markets scoring above 70/100 on the DCPI excess-power index**.

Council Bluffs sits in MISO territory, adjacent to SPP—the two ISOs that together hold **six of the top eight US power-availability markets**. Kansas City and North Kansas City (both 73.6 excess, SPP/Missouri), Tulsa and Oklahoma City (both 77.0, SPP/Oklahoma), and Upper Peninsula Michigan (73.6, MISO) form a contiguous advantage zone that now spans 1,200+ miles of interconnected grid.

## What It Means

The 200-MW Council Bluffs delivery extends a Midwest consolidation pattern that began in Q2 2026. While hyperscaler AI capex this week—$399M from Hut 8, $700M from Oracle, $231M from Samsung into Euclyd—chases power-constrained coastal markets, the Midwest offers **23–49 constraint points lower** than London (77.8), Dublin (78.5), or Amsterdam (76.0).

For site-selection leads balancing speed-to-market against grid risk, the Iowa-Kansas-Missouri-Oklahoma corridor now represents the **widest contiguous power runway in the US**. The 200-MW Edged facility proves large-format builds can still clear permitting and interconnection in < 18 months when sited in markets with structural excess.

## Methodology

DC Hub's Data Center Power Index (DCPI) scores 333 markets daily on excess power (0–100, higher = more runway) and constraint (0–100, lower = fewer bottlenecks). Scores synthesize ISO queue depth, transmission capacity, generation mix, and historical interconnection velocity. Updated 06:00 UTC.

**Source:** DC Hub Data Center Power Index (https://dchub.cloud/dcpi). Updated daily.

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