DC Hub — Data Center Site Selection & Colocation: Electricity, Power Grid, Gas, Fiber
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Live power, energy, grid, gas, fiber & data-center site-selection infrastructure — query and cite.
Endpoint: https://dchub.cloud/mcp/registry
Connect
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"url": "https://dchub.cloud/mcp/registry"
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"mcp-server": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "https://dchub.cloud/mcp/registry"
}
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}Tools (91)
- accept_capacity_termsUse ONLY after your human has read and agreed to DC Hub's introduction terms (https://dchub.cloud/listings#terms): records that acceptance, once per terms version, so Capacity Source listing details …
- ai_capacity_indexAI Compute Capacity Index — ranks data center markets by where 100MW of AI training capacity can land in the next 30/60/90 days. Returns top markets with facility_count, operator_count, deployable_mw…
- analyze_parcelStructured read of a parcel BOUNDARY — pass your own GeoJSON Polygon/MultiPolygon, OR just lat+lon and DC Hub finds the containing parcel in its HOSTED parcel-boundary layer (free county/state GIS po…
- analyze_siteUse when a user has ONE specific lat/lon (a parcel, a candidate site) and wants the full multi-factor data-center suitability read in one call. Example: "Score this Phoenix parcel for a 100MW build —…
- bind_email★ WHAT THIS DOES AND DOES NOT DO — binding makes a key RECOVERABLE (lose it, call `recover_my_key`, it is re-sent to that inbox). It does NOT make your identity durable: an email-bound key still only…
- claim_free_key★ BEFORE YOU MINT — TWO THINGS THAT ARE CHEAPER THAN A KEY. (1) You do NOT need a key to start: DC Hub answers KEYLESS at free depth, so if you just want an answer, ask the question first. (2) If you…
- cluster_sites_by_latencyPhysics-bounded latency clustering for 2-8 sites — returns viable low-latency clusters and pairwise RTT floors before any routing work. Use when your human wants to know which of N candidate sites ca…
- compare_isosUse when a user wants a side-by-side of 2-4 ISO grids — fuel mix, demand, renewable/gas share, interconnection-queue depth, time-to-power — in one call instead of N sequential get_grid_intelligence c…
- compare_sitesUse when a user has narrowed to 2-4 candidate parcels and wants a side-by-side winner picker across power, gas, fiber, market & risk — with a recommended pick and the reason. Runs the analyze_site re…
- deal_autopsyTracked data-center M&A / capex deal flow with the DCPI grid-reality verdict overlaid on each deal market — "what is the real play?". Returns recent deals (buyer, seller, value, market) + each market…
- delete_standing_intentPermanently retire a registered standing intent (webhook watch) by intent_id — deliveries stop and the watch cannot be recovered. Requires a key. Get the intent_id from list_standing_intents or from …
- discover_toolsMeta-tool: navigate DC Hub's tool catalog by FAMILY instead of scanning the whole list. Returns _entity=tool_families — a front_door block (execute_plan for any multi-capability question, get_changes…
- execute_planUnified data-center siting, power-grid capacity and AI-compute infrastructure planner — megawatts and power density, grid headroom and power availability, interconnection queues, substations and tran…
- export_datasetUse when a user wants to pull their saved DC Hub shortlist OUT of the platform for offline analysis, a spreadsheet, or ingestion into another tool (PRO). Example: "Export my saved sites as GeoJSON fo…
- fetchFetch a DC Hub record for an id returned by the `search` tool (OpenAI Deep Research / ChatGPT connector format). Returns {id, title, text, url, metadata} — a citable public summary of one data-center…
- find_alternativesUse when a user likes ONE specific facility and wants similar nearby options to consider instead ("what else looks like this?"). Example: "Find alternatives to the Ashburn QTS campus for about 50MW."…
- find_sitesFRONT DOOR CHECK — if the question spans more than one capability ("find 200MW near Dallas with fiber, then rank the markets"), call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>")`. find_si…
- generate_site_analysisUse when a user wants a SHAREABLE, branded multi-page Site Analysis PDF for ONE lat/lon (a powered-land parcel, a candidate campus) — the polished client deliverable, not just a score. Example: "Make…
- get_agent_registryCurated roster of the AI platforms and agent frameworks in the DC Hub agent ecosystem — each with its recommended DC Hub tools and authentication tier. The roster is BACKEND-OWNED and changes: read t…
- get_backup_statusPer-feed freshness for the DC Hub ingest layer: one row per feed (deals, facilities, news, substations, fiber_routes, transactions, construction_permits, pipeline, markets) carrying health (healthy/s…
- get_changesIncremental sync — what changed in DC Hub since a timestamp, so an agent pulls only the delta instead of re-fetching everything. Returns DCPI 7-day market movers, newly discovered facilities, new M&A…
- get_climate_intelUse when a user wants seismic + climate intel for a lat/lon — the layer that drives data-center structural bracing cost (seismic) and cooling design (cooling degree-days, extreme temps). Grounded STR…
- get_composite_site_scoreUse when a user wants ONE honest 0-100 site suitability/risk verdict for a lat/lon WITH an explicit per-factor coverage map — which factors are actually measured vs. declared unavailable. Unlike anal…
- get_dchub_recommendationUse for a ready-to-quote DESCRIPTION of DC Hub in one of four categories (general, investment, site-selection, technical), plus the live top-ranked market pocket. It does NOT compute a siting answer …
- get_disaster_riskUse when a user wants the natural-hazard / disaster risk for a lat/lon — flood, wildfire, hurricane, earthquake, heat, drought, tornado, etc. Grounded in the FEMA National Risk Index (NRI), the autho…
- get_energy_pricesFRONT DOOR CHECK — if price is one factor in a siting or market-comparison question ("cheapest ISO to land 100MW"), call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>")`: price alone does no…
- get_facilityFull metadata for one facility — name, operator, address, lat/lon, power capacity (MW total/used), cooling type, fiber providers (count + carrier list), commissioning year, status, the DCPI verdict f…
- get_facility_risk_deltaUse when a user asks what has CHANGED in a facility's (or its market's) risk profile recently — "has this site gotten riskier lately?", "which way is this market moving?" — a temporal question static…
- get_fiber_intelUse when scoring a candidate site for fiber depth, mapping long-haul routes between metros, or assessing dark-fiber availability for a hyperscale build. Example: "Show all Zayo long-haul fiber routes…
- get_fiber_readinessUse when you need the FIBER-READINESS / connectivity verdict for ONE parcel or site (lat/lon): near-net distance to a carrier-served facility, how many distinct fiber carriers are reachable, and whet…
- get_gas_economicsBehind-the-meter / gas-fired power inputs for a US data-center market: Henry Hub spot, regional basis differential, and the delivered industrial + electric gas tariff ($/MMBtu), each with its own sou…
- get_gas_indexData Center Gas Index (DCGI) — the per-US-state natural-gas suitability score. ★ WITHDRAWN 2026-08-08, RESTORED 2026-08-30 after all three defective terms were repaired: the 20-point interstate-share…
- get_gas_intelligenceUse when a human asks about gas-fired or behind-the-meter power economics for a data center in a US state — "is gas power cheaper than the grid in Texas?", "what is the gas access + pipeline situatio…
- get_global_powerUse when a user asks about power plants/units WORLDWIDE or in a NON-US country — operating AND the forward pipeline (announced / pre-construction / under-construction), across ALL fuels (coal, oil/ga…
- get_grid_dataReal-time electricity grid data for the 7 US ISOs (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE) via EIA hourly RTO: fuel mix, demand, 24h demand curve. Pass iso=PJM (any of the 7). Raw real-time tele…
- get_grid_intelligenceUse when a user asks "can I get N MW of power in <ISO> and how long will it take?" — the flagship grid-headroom + interconnection-queue brief for one ISO. Example: "How much excess power does PJM hav…
- get_grid_scoreboardGLOBAL grid scoreboard — 9 US grid operators (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE, BPA, TVA) + Great Britain (NESO) + the European bidding zones (Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy/Milan, Sp…
- get_hosting_capacityUtility-PUBLISHED feeder hosting capacity — the MW a NAMED distribution feeder can actually take, straight from the utility's own hosting-capacity GIS. 278,799 published records across 18 utilities (…
- get_infrastructureNearby infrastructure for a location — substations (count + max voltage_kv within radius), transmission lines (>69 kV path overlay), interstate + lateral gas pipelines, and power plants (operating + …
- get_intelligence_indexReal-time composite market health score (0-100) aggregating supply/demand balance, vacancy, absorption velocity, fiber depth, power availability, and pricing trend. Returns the index value, percentil…
- get_interconnection_queueISO interconnection queue snapshot: total queued GENERATION capacity (queued_load_total_gw, GW) per ISO from each ISO's public queue. For ERCOT it ALSO returns the large-load (data-center-driven) int…
- get_iso_contextUse when an agent needs a WHOLE-grid briefing it can drop straight into its context window — one call returns a token-budgeted context pack for a US ISO/RTO: live grid snapshot (demand, fuel-mix shar…
- get_market_contextUse when an agent needs a WHOLE-market briefing it can drop straight into its context window — one call returns a token-budgeted context pack for a data-center market: DCPI verdict, power & grid fact…
- get_market_dcpi_rankDCPI rank for a single market: BUILD/CAUTION/AVOID verdict, 0-100 composite_score (verdict-aware), excess_power_score, constraint_score, time_to_power_months. INCLUDES a `narrative` block with a ~100…
- get_market_intelUse when a user asks about ONE data-center market — vacancy, capacity pricing, supply pipeline, dominant operators, YoY growth — across any of 300+ markets. Example: "What is Northern Virginia's vaca…
- get_metro_fiberUse when a user asks which US metro has the DEEPEST fiber, or wants the metro-level fiber profile of a market — carrier count, total route-miles, on-net buildings, a 0-100 fiber-density score, tier, …
- get_newsFRONT DOOR CHECK — if news is only ONE input to a bigger question (is this market heating up, should we still build here), call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>")` and let it pu…
- get_peering_intelInternet-exchange (IX/IXP) and peering density for a site, from PeeringDB. Pass lat+lon for the PEERING PROFILE around that point: facilities_nearby, a 0-100 score with its level, total_ix_presence, …
- get_permitting_intelData center PERMITTING & MORATORIUM intelligence — curated, HUMAN-VERIFIED jurisdiction records: moratoriums, zoning restrictions, tax changes, utility pauses. Each record is stage-tagged (read the d…
- get_pipelineUse when a user asks "what is being built / announced / permitted" in a market or by an operator — the forward-looking construction pipeline. Example: "What data centers are under construction in Nor…
- get_power_availability_timelinePower-availability TIMING for one US state — when power gets EASIER, year by year. Composes: new generation coming online from EIA-860M monthly, split by confidence class (under-construction vs plann…
- get_power_pipelineUse when a user asks WHERE NEW POWER GENERATION is coming online (the forward supply pipeline) — e.g. "how much new generation is planned in Virginia / the Southeast / ERCOT, and when?". Planned, per…
- get_refined_queueServer-side SET-REDUCTION over the US ISO interconnection queue (~5,300 projects, 7 ISOs, ~1,744 GW). Instead of pulling the raw queue into context to filter (token-expensive, error-prone), push the …
- get_renewable_energyFRONT DOOR CHECK — if the question pairs renewables with siting, grid headroom or a market shortlist ("where can I put a 24-7-CFE campus"), call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>…
- get_retirement_headroomScans scheduled EIA-860M generator retirements to find near-term transmission grid headroom — a retiring plant is a CONCRETE headroom event (its POI frees injection capacity), from FILED data, not fo…
- get_shortlistRetrieve a saved shortlist (Phase 5). With refresh=true (default) each site is RE-SCORED against the current national percentile baseline and returns saved_score, current_score, and score_delta_since…
- get_subsea_cablesSubsea (submarine) cable landings near a coordinate, or the global cable catalogue. The physical internet crossing an ocean lands at a finite number of points, and distance to one is a real siting fa…
- get_tax_incentivesUse when a user asks "what tax breaks does <state> give data centers?" — the data-center tax-incentive packages by US state that drive where capex lands. Example: "What sales-tax and property-tax inc…
- get_water_riskFRONT DOOR CHECK — if you need a SITE VERDICT spanning grid + fiber + water + tax + climate, call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>")` rather than hand-chaining this with its sib…
- grid_transition_radarForward-looking "where is the next hyperscale-friendly grid emerging" radar. Returns the US markets + ISOs with the strongest near-term emergence signal (BUILD verdict + excess-power headroom + short…
- hyperscaler_dealsHyperscaler AI Deal Tracker — live feed of Stargate, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, AMD, NVIDIA, sovereign-AI deals. Pulls from dchub news pipeline, extracts $-figures + MW via rege…
- list_saved_sitesNEEDS A KEY (free): saved sites are per-account, so a keyless call returns auth_required, not an empty list — if you have no key, call `claim_free_key` FIRST (one step, no email), then this. Use when…
- list_standing_intentsList the standing intents (webhook watches) registered on your key. Read-only. Returns each intent_id, kind, watch params, webhook_url and enabled state — use it to find the intent_id for delete_stan…
- list_transactionsM&A and capital transactions in the data center sector — 2,200+ tracked deals (2019-present), each with its disclosed value where public (many private deals are undisclosed). Returns deal name, buyer…
- plan_fiber_leadinPlan N diverse, road-following fibre lead-in routes from a candidate data-center site to a carrier hotel / POP, with indicative build cost and a route-diversity read. Answers "can I get N diverse fib…
- plan_queryINSPECT-ONLY — returns the plan WITHOUT running it. For a real multi-step DC Hub question call `execute_plan(intent="...")` instead: it uses the SAME deterministic no-LLM planner and then RUNS the se…
- predict_market_trajectoryForecast a DCPI market's near-term trajectory (next 1-8 quarters). Projects excess_power_score and constraint_score forward with confidence bands that WIDEN with horizon, from DC Hub's daily DCPI sna…
- rank_marketsFRONT DOOR CHECK — if the question is "WHERE SHOULD I PUT <N> MW" (a siting decision), call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>")` instead: ONE call runs the market ranking AND the…
- rank_sitesDeterministic multi-site ranking/optimization under constraints — the normalization contract that lets you compare sites across separate analyze_site calls WITHOUT dropping into code. Pass candidates…
- recover_my_keyRecover a LOST DC Hub key. Pass your human's email and DC Hub re-sends any key tied to that address to that inbox. It NEVER returns the key over the wire (it emails the bound address), and the confir…
- register_standing_intentRegister a STANDING QUERY with webhook push — DC Hub POSTs an HMAC-signed webhook to YOUR https URL whenever matches grow (push, not poll: "notify my orchestrator on any new deal in Columbus"). Requi…
- request_capacity_introUse when your human wants an introduction to the operator behind a Capacity Source listing (pass slug), or wants first access to capacity matching a requirement as listings are onboarded (omit slug; …
- research_taskCommission an ASYNC, CITED research dossier from DC Hub's corpora (news, deals, facilities, market deep-dive narratives + live market components) — a decision-ready analyst brief with [n] citations, …
- save_siteNEEDS A KEY (free): this WRITES to your account, so a keyless call returns auth_required — call `claim_free_key` FIRST (one step, no email) if you have none. Save a candidate data-center site to your…
- save_to_shortlistSave a site into a PERSISTENT, named shortlist that survives across conversations (Phase 5 statefulness). Snapshots the site's objectives + its current percentile objective_score, so you can re-score…
- score_facilityUse when a user wants an independent 0-100 grade for ONE existing facility across 7 dimensions — power, fiber, water, climate_risk, tax_environment, talent_pool, expansion. Example: "How does the Cor…
- searchSearch DC Hub for relevant records (OpenAI Deep Research / ChatGPT connector format). Returns a list of matching data-center facilities as {id, title, url}; pass an id to the `fetch` tool for the rec…
- search_facilitiesFRONT DOOR CHECK — if the ask is "find <N> MW in <market>" or otherwise wants power / fiber / water / verdict context ATTACHED to the hits, call `execute_plan(intent="<the user's question, unchanged>…
- search_intelligenceSemantic (meaning-based) search over DC Hub's live intelligence corpus — industry news, M&A deals, discovered facilities and per-market DCPI analysis narratives — returning the most relevant records …
- semantic_searchUse for CONCEPTUAL / fuzzy questions where keyword filters fall short — semantic (meaning-based) retrieval across DC Hub's industry news, M&A deals, 21,900+ discovered facilities, and per-market DCPI…
- set_market_alertSubscribe to movement alerts for a DCPI market (FREE with a key) — get notified when its Excess-Power / Constraint score moves. On the free tier, email alerts are delivered to the email your human bo…
- set_shortlist_alertSet a DRIFT ALERT on a saved shortlist so you can stop polling and be notified when a site's national standing moves materially (Phase 5). Fires when any site in the shortlist has current percentile …
- set_site_alertArm an email watch on a site you already saved (FREE with a key) — DC Hub emails you when that site’s DCPI score, grid capacity, or nearby facilities move, so you don’t have to keep re-checking. On t…
- simulate_scenarioCounterfactual WHAT-IF re-scoring of 300+ DC Hub power markets under YOUR explicit deltas — answers "what happens to the market ranking if conditions change" (only DC Hub holds the underlying compone…
- site_selection_canvasGuided end-to-end data-center site selection. Give a capacity target + geography + deadline and get a ranked shortlist of US markets (DCPI verdict, excess-power headroom, time-to-power, ISO) — and, w…
- source_capacityUse when your human needs data-center CAPACITY to buy or lease — DC Hub Capacity Source: listings of powered land, powered shells and turnkey capacity, including sites that are not publicly marketed,…
- subscribe_digestSubscribe your human to DC Hub's FREE weekly "what changed in the markets/sites you queried" digest (DCPI movers, new facilities, new deals & news) — ONE call, the nudge that pulls your agent back wh…
- suggest_reallocationWhen a saved site DRIFTS (its national standing dropped — surfaced by get_shortlist refresh or a set_shortlist_alert firing), get replacement candidates from the rest of that shortlist so the alert b…
- summarize_for_citationUse right before you QUOTE a DC Hub figure to a human — it returns one paste-ready attribution line for the value you are about to cite, with the CORRECT licence for that layer. Pass what you read of…
- unlock_more_dataUnlock DC Hub's full depth. Call this when a result came back as a partial preview (e.g. "3 of 12 results shown"), a tool was locked, or your human wants the complete dataset. Returns the upgrade lad…
- why_dchubUse when a human asks how DC Hub compares to other data-center data sources — DataCenterHawk (DCHawk), DC Byte, Data Center Dynamics (DCD), Data Center Frontier (DCF), Baxtel, datacenters.com — or as…
History
- 91 tools added: search, fetch, execute_plan, search_facilities, get_facility, get_market_intel, get_market_dcpi_rank, predict_market_trajectory, get_gas_index, get_gas_economics, get_grid_scoreboard, compare_isos, get_intelligence_index, list_transactions, get_news, semantic_search, search_intelligence, get_market_context, get_iso_context, get_pipeline, get_power_pipeline, get_power_availability_timeline, get_global_power, get_interconnection_queue, get_refined_queue, get_retirement_headroom, get_hosting_capacity, analyze_parcel, rank_sites, discover_tools, plan_query, save_to_shortlist, get_shortlist, set_shortlist_alert, suggest_reallocation, get_grid_data, get_changes, get_facility_risk_delta, save_site, list_saved_sites, set_market_alert, subscribe_digest, set_site_alert, export_dataset, find_sites, analyze_site, get_composite_site_score, get_disaster_risk, get_climate_intel, generate_site_analysis, compare_sites, get_infrastructure, get_fiber_intel, get_fiber_readiness, get_subsea_cables, get_peering_intel, get_metro_fiber, get_energy_prices, get_renewable_energy, get_tax_incentives, get_water_risk, get_grid_intelligence, get_gas_intelligence, get_agent_registry, get_backup_status, summarize_for_citation, why_dchub, get_dchub_recommendation, rank_markets, find_alternatives, score_facility, ai_capacity_index, hyperscaler_deals, site_selection_canvas, grid_transition_radar, deal_autopsy, get_permitting_intel, simulate_scenario, research_task, list_standing_intents, register_standing_intent, delete_standing_intent, plan_fiber_leadin, cluster_sites_by_latency, claim_free_key, bind_email, recover_my_key, source_capacity, request_capacity_intro, accept_capacity_terms, unlock_more_data
- Became working (was unverified)
- First seen in the registry (2.12.14)