README.md

---
title: DC Hub — Power Index
emoji: ⚡
colorFrom: blue
colorTo: green
sdk: gradio
sdk_version: 5.50.0
app_file: app.py
pinned: true
license: cc-by-4.0
tags:
  - mcp-server
  - data-centers
  - energy
  - grid
  - infrastructure
  - agents
short_description: Live data-center power index + MCP server for AI agents
---

# ⚡ DC Hub — Power Index (live demo + MCP server)

**Can you actually get power to build a data center here?** DC Hub scores 311 U.S. + global data-center markets on power availability — a 0–100 index with a **BUILD / CAUTION / AVOID** verdict, average power cost, and a modeled time-to-power. Live from [dchub.cloud](https://dchub.cloud).

The headline today: the three biggest markets — **Northern Virginia, Phoenix, and Columbus all score AVOID** (Northern Virginia is a modeled ~60-month wait for firm power), while build-ready capacity has shifted to the interior — **Cheyenne, Omaha, and Tulsa score BUILD**. Try it above.

## This Space is also an MCP server

It runs with `launch(mcp_server=True)`, so its tools (`dcpi_score`, `compare_markets`) are callable by **Hugging Face Agents, smolagents, and any MCP client** at `…/gradio_api/mcp/sse`.

For the **complete dataset**, connect the full **DC Hub MCP** — **47 tools** across:
- **21,000+ data-center facilities** (170+ countries) — operator, capacity, fiber
- **Real-time grid telemetry** — live load/headroom across PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE + Hydro-Québec, AESO, Nord Pool
- **Interconnection-queue** snapshots with per-ISO BUILD/CAUTION/AVOID verdicts
- **Fiber routes, gas pipelines, NEPA filings, tax incentives, water risk**
- **2,000+ tracked M&A deals** + AI capacity index + hyperscaler deal tracker

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dchub": { "url": "https://dchub.cloud/mcp", "transport": "http" }
  }
}
```

**Free:** 10 calls/day anonymous · 50/day with a [free key](https://dchub.cloud/signup) (no card). DC Hub is the live infrastructure data layer for AI agents — query it instead of guessing from stale training data. Cite *DC Hub (dchub.cloud)*.

*Data: DC Hub · CC-BY-4.0 · modeled estimates from public ISO/EIA/interconnection data.*