75 MW greenfield @ 6¢/kWh – 150 acres
Wyoming
Struggling to find MW capacity with a real commitment date?
We screen mW sites across North America for live capacity and ready to move date
1 MW to 1 GW+ – leased suites, powered shells, mining conversions, greenfield, build-to-suit. Off-market included.
"The sites with room to negotiate are usually the ones that never got listed. After twenty years, most of what I bring people comes from a phone call, not a search."
— Bob Spiegel, Founder, QuoteColo
12+
Available sites
1MW to 1GW+
Capacity range
Off-Market
Listings included
5,000+
Clients helped since 2004
Currently Listed:
5→100 MW conversion, 230k sq ft – 5 MW in 90 days
Cheyenne, WY
60 MW behind natural-gas generation – $15M
New York
200 MW+ grid + gas – 100 acres
Idaho
1.5 MW Tier 3 with DLC @ $155/kW
Dallas
Lease, Buy or Build?
The difference between these paths isn’t price. It’s sixty days versus three years to power-on.
Leased suite inside an existing facility
The operator handles power delivery, cooling and security. You bring your own hardware. No construction management on your side.
1–20 MW · power-on in weeks to months
BEST FOR
Power live within a year, no real estate exposure.
Powered land or shell
You buy or lease land or a structure that already has grid power, fiber and water. Conversions move faster - the interconnection work is done. You control the asset long term.
5-100 MW · 60-90 days (conversion) to 12-36 months (greenfield)
BEST FOR
A 5–10 year infrastructure position, firm load forecast.
Build-to-suit
A developer builds to your specification on land you control or they control under a long-term agreement. Longest timeline, highest control.
When nothing existing fits. Longest path, scoped per project.
BEST FOR
When no existing site can deliver your power, cooling or footprint.
Get 2–4 qualified options in 48 hours
Free for buyers
Your price is the same as going direct.
You will get all-in price estimates by email
From 500+ providers. No sales calls, no long forms.
Trusted service since 2004
5,000+ clients helped.
Our Provider Network
How it works
STEP 1
Tell us the load and the date
MW target, region, and when you need power live. If you don’t know whether you’re leasing, buying or building, that’s a normal starting point – it’s the thing we work out first.
STEP 2
We screen for power, not listings
Anyone can send you a list of sites. We check whether the load is live today or contingent on a Letter of Authorization, whether there’s an executed interconnection agreement or just a letter, and whether the substation has actual spare capacity.
STEP 3
You get comparable numbers
Quotes arrive in different formats with different inclusions. You get them normalised to the same line items – all-in $/kWh with transmission and demand charges included, load available today versus promised, term, and what the asset costs separately from what the power costs.
STEP 4
Direct introductions
You talk to the owners and operators yourself. We stay in for coordination if it’s useful.
A real example: from request to quotes
Example based on a typical request
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Client request
VP Infrastructure, GPU cloud provider
Hi Bob,
We're planning our first owned-and-operated GPU cluster. Phase 1 is ~30 GB300 NVL72 racks, about 4 MW of critical IT, and we need power live by Q2 2027. We plan to grow to 20 MW by end of 2028 and want to stay on one campus if we can.
Preference: Northern Virginia. Open to Texas. Liquid cooling is a must. We haven't decided between leasing a suite and a longer shell deal.
What's real on that timeline, and what does it cost all-in?
Thanks,
Emma
Bob's reply
Bob Spiegel — Founder, QuoteColo
Hi Emma,
Straight answer on Northern Virginia first: I screened eight sites. None can commit 4 MW of liquid-cooled capacity before Q4 2027, and two were quoting dates that depend on utility upgrades with no executed agreement. I left them out. Happy to send them if a late-2027 start works.
Here are the two that pass the screen, normalized to the same line items:
The trade-off in one line: Option 1 hits your April date but tops out at 12 MW. Option 2 is ~$3.1M/year cheaper at 4 MW and already has the power for your 20 MW plan on one site, but it starts four months late and asks for a longer term.
On credit: Option 1's operator will want your financials and likely a deposit or guarantee before they hold the space. Option 2's owner is more flexible and will start on a deposit while your financing closes.
On network: Option 1 is carrier-dense. Option 2 has two long-haul carriers on site; dark fiber to Dallas is quoted separately with a ~6-month lead time.
If useful, I can set up calls with both owners this week and request the utility agreement for Option 2 so your team can verify the 25 MW yourselves.
Best,
Bob
What an MW capacity listing actually tells you
Six lines appear on nearly every listing. Each one hides a question worth asking before a site reaches your shortlist.
PRICE PER KWH
WHAT IT MEANS
The headline economics
WHAT TO VERIFY
Generation rate only, or transmission and demand charges included.
LOAD AVAILABLE
WHAT IT MEANS
What’s offered today
WHAT TO VERIFY
Live now, or available with a Letter of Authorization months out.
SUBSTATION DISTANCE
WHAT IT MEANS
Interconnection cost driver
WHAT TO VERIFY
Closer isn’t cheaper if the substation itself is at capacity.
PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
WHAT IT MEANS
Greenfield, shell or conversion
WHAT TO VERIFY
Greenfield means you build everything; a mining-conversion shell may have power and gear.
LAND / BUILDING PRICE
WHAT IT MEANS
The asset cost
WHAT TO VERIFY
Separate from power cost. A cheap site with expensive interconnection costs more all-in.
AI-READY
WHAT IT MEANS
Standard marketing language
WHAT TO VERIFY
Ask what cooling exists today versus what infrastructure you’d be adding at your own expense.
What can go wrong above 1MW
MW-scale procurement doesn’t work like renting a rack. Three assumptions cost the most time.
Assuming 'wholesale colocation' covers everything above 1 MW
For 1–5 MW, leased suites work. Above that, most operators either lack the contiguous power or want a build-to-suit conversation.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Costs a quarter
Going straight to powered land without checking what a lease could do
Owning land feels like control. It also means construction, permitting and a timeline measured in years — some of which an existing shell or leased suite solves in months.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Costs 12–36 months
Comparing price per kWh across listings without context
A four-cent site and a seven-cent site aren’t comparable until you factor in substation distance, load available today versus promised later, and whether transmission is included.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Costs 20–40% on the real rate
Who is this for
We build customized shortlists for the situations we see most often at this scale. Scan our key profiles to find your path.
PROFILE
AI training operator, multi-phase roadmap
WHAT THEY’RE SOLVING
Modelling 10–75 MW over 5–10 years. Needs price per kWh and available load before committing capital to a path.
WHAT WE HELP YOU FIND
Introductions to landowners and developers with listings matched to the load and timeline.
PROFILE
GPU cloud provider scaling fast
WHAT THEY’RE SOLVING
Needs power live within a year; doesn’t want to manage construction.
WHAT WE HELP YOU FIND
Wholesale suite operators with contiguous capacity and realistic delivery dates.
PROFILE
Enterprise consolidating smaller sites
WHAT THEY’RE SOLVING
Moving several leased deployments into one footprint; weighing lease against own.
WHAT WE HELP YOU FIND
Leased suites and powered land side by side, so the call is made on numbers.
PROFILE
Fund or developer underwriting an acquisition
WHAT THEY’RE SOLVING
Needs to underwrite a powered site before committing capital.
WHAT WE HELP YOU FIND
Off-market listings and data-room access where available, plus direct introductions.
PROFILE
Something else
WHAT THEY’RE SOLVING
Doesn’t match any of the above.
WHAT WE HELP YOU FIND
Tell us the load and the date. We'll say which path applies.
Most people arrive here having already picked a path. Half the time it’s the wrong one, and they find out eighteen months in when the utility date slips. Tell me the load and the date you need power live, and I'll tell you which of the three is worth pricing – even if the answer is that you should be leasing, not buying.
Bob Spiegel, Founder, QuoteColo
Get 2–4 qualified options in 48 hours
Free for buyers
Your price is the same as going direct.
You will get all-in price estimates by email
From 500+ providers. No sales calls, no long forms.
Trusted service since 2004
5,000+ clients helped.
Megawatt Capacity: frequently asked questions
Before you send the form
Does going through QuoteColo cost more than contacting a provider or landowner directly?
No. QuoteColo is free for buyers, and your price is not marked up. Providers pay the referral fee from their existing sales budget. We compare suitable providers, powered sites and land opportunities against the same technical and commercial requirements you would use when approaching them directly.
Do I have to share company details to get started?
You can start with the technical requirements: target market, usable MW, workload, redundancy, cooling, network, deployment date and preferred commercial structure. Some providers or landowners will require company and financial details later to qualify the project, but those are not needed before we assess the initial fit.
What do I get back, and how fast?
You receive qualified options matched to your location, usable power, timing and commercial requirements, usually by email. Standard requests are typically answered within 48 hours. Complex multi-megawatt, powered-land or utility-dependent requirements may take 3–5 business days because energization dates and deliverable capacity need additional verification.
Do you work with deployments below 1 MW?
Yes. QuoteColo handles requirements ranging from individual racks and private cages to wholesale suites and multi-megawatt campuses. Below 1 MW, an existing colocation facility may provide a faster and simpler path than powered land. We compare the practical options instead of forcing every requirement into a campus-scale solution.
Getting the decision right
What counts as megawatt capacity versus standard colocation?
The distinction is usually commercial and operational rather than a single fixed threshold. Standard colocation is sold by cabinet, cage or suite. Megawatt capacity is evaluated around total usable power, utility delivery, cooling architecture, expansion rights and the date the capacity can actually be energized for your workload.
How do I know a site’s power date is real?
Ask what supports the date: existing energized capacity, a utility service agreement, an interconnection milestone, ordered electrical equipment, permits and completed site work. A marketing availability date is not the same as deliverable power. We help separate operating capacity from projects that still depend on utility or construction milestones.
What does price per kWh actually include?
It depends on the offer. Confirm whether the rate includes energy, demand or capacity charges, utility delivery, cooling overhead, electrical losses, maintenance, taxes and any infrastructure fee. A low headline rate is not comparable until every recurring charge and the billing basis are shown in the same all-in model.
Should I lease a wholesale suite or buy powered land?
Lease a wholesale suite when deployment speed, existing operations and lower construction responsibility matter most. Consider powered land when the project needs custom design, long-term control or campus-scale expansion and can support a longer development timeline. The right choice depends on usable MW, schedule, capital plan and operational ownership.