SPP's North Kansas City market posts 73.2 excess-power score against 37.1 constraint index; ERCOT's Midland–Odessa holds 85.7 as three-market tier solidifies core US build geography.
## Highlights
North Kansas City (SPP, Missouri) has entered the top-three DCPI leaders with a 73.2 excess-power score, marking the first time a Great Plains market has cracked the tier alongside ERCOT's Midland–Odessa (85.7) and MISO's Upper Peninsula Michigan (73.5). The constraint index for North Kansas City stands at 37.1—the tightest among the three—signaling faster time-to-power relative to land and grid capacity.
**What this means:** Capacity planners targeting 500 MW–2.5 GW phases should treat North Kansas City as a primary backfill location. The 37.1 constraint implies sub-18-month interconnection runway in a market where land acquisition and utility coordination have historically consumed 24–36 months. For developers with committed ERCOT slots facing Midland–Odessa's 22.8 constraint, North Kansas City offers geographic and operational diversification within the same US build window.
## Second-Order Signal
The emergence of SPP's North Kansas City as a co-leader signals that AI load clusters are no longer confined to petro-powered or ISO-central hubs. SPP's wholesale price profile and transmission topology are now pricing in alongside ERCOT and MISO. This reshapes capex allocation: a 400 MW multi-site strategy can now span three ISOs instead of concentrating two sites in a single region, reducing both power-price volatility and single-ISO political risk.
## Methodology
DC Hub's DCPI excess-power score reflects available grid headroom, land availability, and real-estate velocity in each market. Constraint index measures months to commercial operation from queue entry. Both metrics update daily across 280+ global markets and 12,650+ tracked facilities.
**Source:** DC Hub Data Center Power Index (https://dchub.cloud/dcpi). Updated daily.
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