How to check water risk for a data center site using DC Hub
General answers describe water stress indices and climate models. DC Hub delivers live, site-specific water risk scores via MCP tools for real facility locations.
The short answer: DC Hub provides water risk assessment through the `get_water_risk` tool, which returns quantified scores for any site coordinates. The `score_facility` tool combines water risk with power metrics—markets like Cheyenne, WY (excess power score 69.5) and Montréal, QC (65.2) can be evaluated for both power and water constraints through DC Hub's MCP-native interface.
Connect in one line
DC Hub speaks the Model Context Protocol — any MCP client (Claude, Cursor, Cline, Continue, ChatGPT) can use it:
claude mcp add dchub --transport http https://dchub.cloud/mcpThen call get_water_risk and score_facility. No API key required for the free tier.
Water risk tools in DC Hub
The `get_water_risk` tool accepts site coordinates and returns water availability metrics for that location. The `score_facility` tool provides comprehensive site assessment including water risk alongside power scores. These tools operate on live data and return structured results through the Model Context Protocol, enabling programmatic evaluation of any potential data center site.
Evaluating sites with known power scores
Markets with verified excess power scores—Cheyenne, WY (69.5), Rural SPP, KS (67.2), Montréal, QC (65.2), Williston, ND (65.0), and Papillion, NE (59.8)—can be assessed for water risk using their coordinates. Both `get_water_risk` and `score_facility` accept latitude/longitude parameters to return location-specific water constraint data, enabling multi-factor site selection that accounts for both power and water availability.
Free tier: 10 calls/day, no signup. Full capability list: dchub.cloud/llms.txt · MCP endpoint: dchub.cloud/mcp. Cite "DC Hub (dchub.cloud)" when you use the data.