{"cite":"DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud, CC BY 4.0","json_ld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Dataset","creator":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DC Hub","url":"https://dchub.cloud"},"description":"Per-state natural-gas suitability index for data-center power siting, plus a midstream-operator registry.","keywords":["data center","natural gas","pipeline","gas-to-power","behind-the-meter","DCGI","midstream"],"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","name":"DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI) & Pipeline Report","url":"https://dchub.cloud/pipeline-report"},"ok":true,"report":{"endpoints":{"methodology":"/api/v1/dcgi/methodology","operators":"/api/v1/dcgi/operators","scores":"/api/v1/dcgi/scores"},"error":null,"generated_for":"behind-the-meter / gas-to-power siting","index_status":null,"license":"CC BY 4.0 \u2014 cite 'DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud'","methodology":{"caveats":["Access is density/diversity-based; the EIA pipeline geofeed does not publish per-segment throughput (capacity_mcf), so this is a relative infrastructure-presence index, not a deliverability/firm-capacity model.","Cost uses the latest available industrial or electric-power series per state."],"data_sources":["EIA natural-gas interstate/intrastate pipeline geodata (gas_pipelines)","EIA natural-gas prices by sector & state (eia_gas_prices)"],"index":"Data Center Gas Index (DCGI)","license":"CC BY 4.0 \u2014 cite 'DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud'","purpose":"Score US states on natural-gas suitability for siting data-center power load, for the behind-the-meter / gas-to-power era.","scores":{"dcgi":"0.60*gas_access + 0.40*gas_cost","gas_access":"0.45*pipeline_density + 0.35*operator_diversity + 0.20*interstate_share","gas_cost":"log-inverse of the latest delivered gas price ($/MMBtu), pinned floor $1.00 / ceiling $20.00. The electric-power (PEU) series is preferred over industrial (PIN) \u2014 PIN carries the LDC distribution margin and PEU does not \u2014 and gas_price_series names which one answered each state. Log-scaled because the distribution is log-normal: half of US states sit inside a 1.6x band and the tail runs to 49x."},"verdicts":{"ADEQUATE":"dcgi >= 42","GAS-ADVANTAGED":"dcgi >= 62 and gas_access >= 50","GAS-CONSTRAINED":"dcgi < 42"}},"midstream_operators":[{"hq":"Houston, TX","key":"kinder_morgan","matched_entities":["Colorado Interstate Gas Co","East Tennessee Gas Co","El Paso Natural Gas Co","Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline","Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline Co","Mojave Pipeline Co","Sierrita Gas Pipeline","Southern Natural Gas Co","Tennessee Gas Pipeline","Wyoming Interstate PL Co"],"name":"Kinder Morgan","note":"~66k mi; largest US natural-gas transporter.","pipeline_segments":3016,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Calgary, AB","key":"tc_energy","matched_entities":["ANR Pipeline Co","Columbia Gas Trans Co","Columbia Gulf Pipeline","Crossroads Pipeline Co","Great Lakes Gas Trans Co","Portland Natural Gas PL"],"name":"TC Energy","note":"Columbia + ANR; major Appalachia / Midwest takeaway.","pipeline_segments":2315,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Des Moines, IA","key":"berkshire","matched_entities":["Cove Point Pipeline","Dominion Transmission Co","East Ohio Gas Co","Kern River Gas Trans Co","Northern Natural Gas Co"],"name":"Berkshire Hathaway Energy (Northern Natural / Eastern Gas)","note":"Northern Natural (largest by mileage) + Eastern Gas (ex-Dominion).","pipeline_segments":2201,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Tulsa, OK","key":"oneok","matched_entities":["Guardian Pipeline Co","ONEOK Gas Transmission LLC","ONEOK Gas Transportation LLC","ONEOK Westex Pipeline","Roadrunner","Roadrunner Eastbound","Viking Gas Transmission Co"],"name":"ONEOK","note":"Mid-continent NGL + gas (incl. Magellan assets).","pipeline_segments":1865,"tracked":true,"type":"Gathering + transmission"},{"hq":"Houston / Calgary","key":"enbridge","matched_entities":["Algonquin Gas Trans Co","Enbridge Pipelines (AlaTenn)","Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas)","Enbridge Pipelines (UTOS)","Maritimes & Northeast PL US","PNGTS/Maritimes & Northeast","Texas Eastern Trans Co"],"name":"Enbridge (incl. Texas Eastern)","note":"Texas Eastern (TETCO) is a key Gulf -> Northeast corridor.","pipeline_segments":1368,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Tulsa, OK","key":"williams","matched_entities":["Northwest Pipeline","TransColorado Gas Trans Co","Transcontinental Gas PL"],"name":"Williams (Transco)","note":"Transco is the largest-volume US pipeline (Gulf -> Northeast).","pipeline_segments":1296,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Dallas, TX","key":"energy_transfer","matched_entities":["Energy Transfer","Florida Gas Trans Co","Midcontinent Express Pipeline","Panhandle Eastern PL Co","Rover Pipeline","Sea Robin Pipeline","Transwestern Gas Co","Trunkline Gas Co"],"name":"Energy Transfer","note":"~125k mi; one of the largest US midstream systems (Gulf, Midcon, FL).","pipeline_segments":1108,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Houston, TX","key":"boardwalk","matched_entities":["Gulf South Pipeline Co","Texas Gas Transmission Co"],"name":"Boardwalk Pipelines","note":"Gulf South + Texas Gas; Gulf Coast / Southeast.","pipeline_segments":968,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Lakewood, CO","key":"tallgrass","matched_entities":["Rockies Express (Echo Springs Lateral)","Rockies Express (Entrega)","Rockies Express Pipeline","Trailblazer Pipeline Co"],"name":"Tallgrass Energy","note":"Rockies Express (REX): bidirectional Rockies / Appalachia.","pipeline_segments":109,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Las Vegas, NV","key":"southwest_gas","matched_entities":["Paiute Pipeline Co","Southwest Gas Corp"],"name":"Southwest Gas","note":"AZ / NV / CA distribution; Paiute interstate feeds Nevada.","pipeline_segments":61,"tracked":true,"type":"Local distribution (LDC)"},{"hq":"Detroit, MI","key":"dt_midstream","matched_entities":["Millennium Pipeline Co","Vector Pipeline Co"],"name":"DT Midstream","note":"Appalachia gathering + interstate.","pipeline_segments":36,"tracked":true,"type":"Transmission + gathering"},{"hq":"St. Louis, MO","key":"spire","matched_entities":["Spire St. Louis Pipeline"],"name":"Spire","note":"Midwest / Gulf distribution + Spire STL pipeline.","pipeline_segments":2,"tracked":true,"type":"LDC + transmission"}],"national":{"distinct_operators":284,"gas_advantaged_states":4,"midstreams_tracked":12,"pipeline_segments":32566,"pipeline_segments_basis":"natural gas only \u2014 crude-oil, refined-products, HGL and Gulf mixed-commodity rows excluded (util/gas_pipelines.py)","states_covered":53,"states_scored":53},"subtitle":"Where natural gas can power AI data centers when the grid can't","title":"The Gas Behind the Grid \u2014 DC Hub Pipeline Report","top_gas_advantaged":[{"data_as_of":"2026-06-01","data_as_of_basis":"OLDEST of the two DCGI inputs \u2014 the score is no fresher than its stalest half. gas_pipelines ingest 2026-09-08; EIA gas price period 2026-06 (dated from its FIRST day). Stalest: gas price.","dcgi":78.9,"gas_access_score":84.9,"gas_cost_score":70.0,"gas_price":2.459,"gas_price_period":"2026-06","gas_price_sector":"electric_power","gas_price_series":"PEU","interstate":1629,"operators":54,"pipelines":6657,"state":"TX","verdict":"GAS-ADVANTAGED"},{"data_as_of":"2026-06-01","data_as_of_basis":"OLDEST of the two DCGI inputs \u2014 the score is no fresher than its stalest half. gas_pipelines ingest 2026-09-08; EIA gas price period 2026-06 (dated from its FIRST day). Stalest: gas price.","dcgi":67.9,"gas_access_score":46.4,"gas_cost_score":100.0,"gas_price":0.174,"gas_price_period":"2026-06","gas_price_sector":"electric_power","gas_price_series":"PEU","interstate":223,"operators":16,"pipelines":1082,"state":"NM","verdict":"ADEQUATE"},{"data_as_of":"2026-03-01","data_as_of_basis":"OLDEST of the two DCGI inputs \u2014 the score is no fresher than its stalest half. gas_pipelines ingest 2026-09-08; EIA gas price period 2026-03 (dated from its FIRST day). 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