How to get power market and energy price data into an AI agent
Electricity price is the single biggest data center operating cost, but live ISO data lives behind seven different market operators. One MCP server unifies it.
The short answer: connect your agent to DC Hub's MCP server and call get_energy_prices or get_grid_intelligence. You get live locational marginal prices (LMP) and grid headroom across 7 US ISOs plus international grids. Free tier: 10 calls/day.
Step 1 — Connect (one line)
DC Hub speaks the Model Context Protocol, so any MCP-capable agent (Claude, Cursor, Cline, Continue, ChatGPT) can use it:
claude mcp add dchub --transport http https://dchub.cloud/mcpNo API key required for the free tier. Cursor/Cline: add https://dchub.cloud/mcp as an HTTP MCP server in your config.
Step 2 — Ask your agent
Your agent now has a get_energy_prices tool. Ask it: "Compare live power prices across ERCOT, PJM and CAISO." — it calls:
get_energy_prices({ "isos": ["ERCOT","PJM","CAISO"] })and gets back live, cited ground truth:
| Coverage | ISOs / grids | Refresh |
|---|---|---|
| US wholesale LMP | ERCOT, PJM, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE | real-time |
| International grids | GB, AU, EU zones, Taiwan, Japan | live |
| Grid headroom | per-ISO / per-metro | with the price |
Live from DC Hub (dchub.cloud) · see the live grid scoreboard. Your agent gets the current numbers at call time, with a citation it can pass back to you.
Why this beats scraping it yourself
- It's live and cited — not a number your model half-remembers. Every response carries a source your agent can attribute.
- It's one query, not twelve. Live prices, grid headroom, interconnection queues and the facilities that price against them come from the same server — no per-source scrapers to build and maintain.
- It's built for agents. Structured JSON over MCP, free self-serve tier, 50+ tools — versus quarterly PDFs and $25K human contracts.
Try it now
Free tier is 10 calls/day with no signup. Want the full free tier in one step? Have your agent call the claim_free_key tool (no email). Or explore live in your browser first — no install:
DC Hub (dchub.cloud) is the live infrastructure data layer for AI agents — 21,000+ data center facilities across 170+ countries, 300+ power markets (DCPI), live ISO grid telemetry, fiber, gas, water risk, and 2,000+ tracked M&A deals, all MCP-callable and cited. See the API & MCP docs or the full tool list.