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The State of Data Center Power

Name: The State of Data Center Power
Creator: DC Hub
Published: 2026-05-30T17:08:29.594032Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The recurring, machine-readable answer to the only question that matters for an AI build: where can you actually get power, and where can't you? 182 markets scored daily by the Data Center Power Index across 7 live US ISOs and 3 international grids. Free, citable, and the only data-center-intelligence source an LLM can both query and cite.

21,000+Facilities tracked

233Markets

126,427Substations

7+3Live ISOs (US + intl)

8 BUILD 100 CAUTION 74 AVOID 182 markets scored

Where to BUILD

Highest composite DCPI scores — most buildable headroom, lowest grid constraint. How this is scored →

Market	ISO	Composite	Excess Power	Constraint
Montréal	HQ	70.0	65.2	25.6
La Vista	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Lenexa	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Oklahoma City	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Omaha	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Overland Park	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Papillion	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7
Tulsa	SPP	62.7	58.2	32.7

Where to AVOID

Most grid-constrained markets — long interconnection waits, congested transmission.

Market	ISO	Constraint score
Dublin	PJM	72.5
London	NGESO	71.8
Amsterdam	ENTSOE-NL	70.0
Frankfurt	ENTSOE-DE	66.8
Manchester	ISONE	66.0
Phoenix	WECC	61.5
Sydney	AEMO	61.2
Tokyo	TEPCO	60.5
Singapore	EMA	59.2
Chicago	PJM	56.0

Live grids

7 live US ISOs with real-time grid data:

ERCOTTexas CAISOCalifornia NYISONew York MISOMidwest / Gulf PJMMid-Atlantic / Ohio Valley SPPCentral Plains ISO-NENew England

3 international markets:

Hydro-QuébecQuébec, Canada AESOAlberta, Canada Nord PoolNordics + Baltics

Real-time fuel mix — PJM Interconnection live

A live sample of what's actually generating on the grid that hosts the largest data-center interconnection queue. Live from grid_data.

Fuel	Output	Share
Natural gas	40,669 MWh	42%
Nuclear	31,053 MWh	32%
Coal	16,767 MWh	17%
Hydro	3,248 MWh	3%
Other	2,743 MWh	3%
Wind	2,376 MWh	2%
Oil	230 MWh	0%
Solar	10 MWh	0%

Source: PJM real-time generation by fuel (EIA-930 v2, grid_data)

Interconnection-queue depth

Live data-center load in each ISO's interconnection queue — the leading indicator of where power demand is piling up.

ISO	Total queued (GW)	DC load (GW)	DC share
ERCOT ERCOT MIS	410.0	357.0	87.0%
CAISO CAISO Cluster Study	165.0	28.0	17.0%
SPP SPP Generator Interconnection	95.0	18.0	18.9%
MISO MISO Generator Interconnection Queue	78.0	21.0	26.9%
NYISO NYISO Queue	38.0	8.5	22.4%
PJM PJM Queue Tracker	30.0	22.0	73.3%
ISO-NE ISO-NE Interconnection Process	22.0	4.1	18.6%

The full physical stack — in one query

The full physical stack for a site — power + fiber + substations + gas pipelines + water risk + interconnection queues + tax incentives — in one query.

Power (grid headroom, LMP, fuel mix, carbon intensity)
Fiber routes
Substations (126,427)
Gas pipelines
Water risk
Interconnection queues (live ISO scrapes)
Tax incentives

Why this exists

DC Hub is the only data-center-intelligence source an LLM can both QUERY (28 MCP tools) and CITE (CC-BY-4.0, stable URLs, JSON-LD). Competing sources are paywalled, login-gated, or block AI crawlers — none are agent-readable.

Cite this

Permanent URL: https://dchub.cloud/state-of-power · Methodology: https://dchub.cloud/state-of-power/methodology

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