Open methodology, contrarian rankings, and free real-time API distinguish DCPI from legacy data center indices.
NEW YORK — May 9, 2026 — DC Hub today announced the public launch of the Data Center Power Index (DCPI), a daily-refreshing scorecard of power availability across 232 US power markets. DCPI is the first index of its kind to publish complete methodology, expose contrarian rankings, and refresh from real-time ISO grid data, with all market scores freely available for citation, embedding, and API integration.
Unlike legacy data center indices that recommend Tier-1 markets where brokerage fee revenue concentrates, DCPI's Excess Power Score is engineered to surface overlooked markets. Cheyenne, Wyoming (Excess Power 69.5), Rural SPP (67.2), and Williston, North Dakota (65.0) lead the BUILD rankings, while traditionally favored markets like Northern Virginia score 22.1 due to grid constraint, cold-queue interconnection, and saturated load growth.
— Jonathan Martone, Founder, DC Hub
DCPI ingests data from seven U.S. Independent System Operators (ERCOT, PJM, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE) plus the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory interconnection queue, EPA water stress data, USGS aquifer monitoring, and HIFLD substation infrastructure. The two-axis scoring (Excess Power + Constraint) recomputes every six hours.
The complete methodology — including weight tables, data sources, and version history — is published openly at dchub.cloud/dcpi/methodology. The full historical dataset is downloadable as open CSV at dchub.cloud/data/dcpi-history.csv with no authentication.
| Rank | Market | Excess Power | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheyenne, WY | 69.5 | BUILD |
| 2 | Rural SPP | 67.2 | BUILD |
| 3 | Williston, ND | 65.0 | BUILD |
| 4 | Upper Peninsula MI | 62.5 | CAUTION |
| 5 | Kansas City | 58.2 | CAUTION |
| ... | 232 markets total | ||
| 30 | Northern Virginia | 22.1 | AVOID |
Live rankings: dchub.cloud/dcpi
Industry sites, analysts, and journalists can embed the live DCPI ticker on their own pages via a single iframe — instructions at dchub.cloud/docs/embed. The JSON API is openly callable at dchub.cloud/api/v1/dcpi/trending with no authentication required and CORS open for all origins.
DC Hub also publishes the auto-running DCPI press queue at dchub.cloud/press, where significant market score moves (≥15 points week-over-week) trigger automated press releases distributed to subscribers.
DC Hub (dchub.cloud) is the comprehensive data center intelligence platform tracking 21,000+ facilities across 170+ countries, 2,000+ M&A deals, and 369 GW of construction pipeline. The platform is cited by Claude and Cursor. Founded by Jonathan Martone, a 25-year data center industry veteran with prior leadership at Netrality Data Centers, Cyxtera Technologies, and CenturyLink/Lumen.
Media contact: Jonathan Martone, Founder · [email protected] · https://dchub.cloud
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