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EnergyMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

DC Hub — Data Center Energy, Electricity & Power Grid Data: Site Selection, Colocation, Gas, Fiber

Data center energy, electricity & power grid data: DCPI to query and cite, capacity to buy or lease.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

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Can it change things?
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Endpointhttps://dchub.cloud/mcp/registry

Source code Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 2.12.48

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Note: 16 tools are labelled as able to change things.

    Expected for tools that send, write or buy. Your AI client should ask before calling them.

    • claim_free_key
    • save_to_shortlist
    • set_shortlist_alert
    • save_site
    • set_market_alert
    • subscribe_digest
    • set_site_alert
    • research_task
    • and 8 more
  • Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

  • Passed: 95 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (95)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • execute_planUse this when a data center question spans several topics: one-call planner over grid headroom and power availability, interconnection queues, PPAs and energy pricing, power generation, gas and energ…Read-only
  • claim_free_keyUse this when the user wants more DC Hub data center data than keyless allows, or asks for a key; no key is needed to start. Mints a free key and returns it plus connect_url, a connector URL with the…Can change things
  • searchUse this when a Deep Research or ChatGPT-connector client needs a data center facility search (search/fetch format). Returns a list of matching data-center facilities as {id, title, url}; pass an id…Read-only
  • fetchUse this when you have an id from `search` and need that data center facility record (search/fetch format). Returns {id, title, text, url, metadata} — a citable public summary of one data-center faci…Read-only
  • search_facilitiesUse this when the user asks which data centers exist, or who operates in a city, state or country; filters: country, state, city, operator, MW range, tier or text. Returns name, operator, location, m…Read-only
  • get_facilityUse this when the user asks about one data center facility: name, operator, address, lat/lon, power capacity (MW total/used), cooling type, fiber providers (count + carrier list), commissioning year,…Read-only
  • get_market_intelUse this when the user asks about a data-center market (metro supply, operators, pipeline, pricing): facility count, tracked MW, status mix, top providers, recent facilities or lease pricing. Pass ma…Read-only
  • get_market_dcpi_rankUse this when the user asks where a data center can get grid power, how fast, or whether a market is a BUILD, CAUTION or AVOID (e.g. "Where can a 100 MW data center get power fastest?"): DCPI scores…Read-only
  • predict_market_trajectoryUse this when the user asks where a data center market's power outlook is heading (next 1-8 quarters). Projects excess_power_score and constraint_score forward with confidence bands that WIDEN with h…Read-only
  • get_gas_indexUse this when the user asks which US states suit gas-fired data center power: the Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), a per-state score. ★ DO NOT COMPARE a DCGI figure published before 2026-08-08 with one…Read-only
  • get_gas_economicsUse this when the user asks what behind-the-meter gas power costs in a US data-center market: Henry Hub spot, regional basis differential, and the delivered industrial + electric gas tariff ($/MMBtu)…Read-only
  • get_grid_scoreboardUse this when the user asks how power grids compare: demand, fuel mix or renewable share. GLOBAL grid scoreboard — 9 US grid operators (the 7 US ISOs PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE, plus…Read-only
  • compare_isosUse this when the user asks to compare two to four power grids side by side — fuel mix, demand, renewable/gas share, and for the US ISOs interconnection-queue depth and time-to-power — in one call in…Read-only
  • get_intelligence_indexUse this when the user asks how healthy a data center market is: composite score (0-100) aggregating supply/demand balance, vacancy, absorption velocity, fiber depth, power availability, and pricing…Read-only
  • list_transactionsUse this when the user asks about data center M&A, acquisitions or capital deals — tracked deals (2019-present; total_count in the result, where shown, gives the live number), each with its disclosed…Read-only
  • get_newsUse this when the user asks for data center industry news or headlines (execute_plan also pulls news inside a broader market question). Curated data center industry news from 40+ trade sources (DCD,…Read-only
  • semantic_searchUse this when a data center or energy question is conceptual or fuzzy and keyword filters fall short — semantic (meaning-based) retrieval across DC Hub's industry news, M&A deals, the global facility…Read-only
  • search_intelligenceUse this when you need meaning-based search over DC Hub's data center intelligence corpus, choosing corpora — industry news, M&A deals, discovered facilities, per-market DCPI narratives, press releas…Read-only
  • get_market_contextUse this when you need a whole data center market briefing for your context window — one call returns a token-budgeted context pack for a data-center market: DCPI verdict, power & grid facts, the Cla…Read-only
  • get_iso_contextUse this when you need a whole power grid (ISO) briefing for your context window — one call returns a token-budgeted context pack for a US ISO/RTO: live grid snapshot (demand, fuel-mix shares), DCPI…Read-only
  • get_pipelineUse this when the user asks what data centers are being built, announced or permitted in a market or by an operator. Example: "What data centers are under construction in Northern Virginia and when d…Read-only
  • get_power_pipelineUse this when the 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?". Plann…Read-only
  • get_infra_projectsUse this when the user asks what gas pipeline or transmission line projects are planned, proposed, approved or under construction — the forward build-out, not the existing network. e.g. "which inters…Read-only
  • get_power_availability_timelineUse this when the user asks when power will be available, or about time-to-power, in a US state: year by year. Composes: new generation coming online from EIA-860M monthly, split by confidence class…Read-only
  • get_global_powerUse this when the user asks about power plants worldwide or in a non-US country — operating AND the forward pipeline (announced / pre-construction / under-construction), across ALL fuels (coal, oil/g…Read-only
  • get_interconnection_queueUse this when the user asks about grid interconnection queues: how congested an ISO's queue is or how much data-center load is waiting. Returns queued generation GW per ISO. The projects field change…Read-only
  • get_refined_queueUse this when you need interconnection queue projects filtered server-side. Instead of pulling the raw queue into context to filter (token-expensive, error-prone), push the predicates to the data lay…Read-only
  • get_retirement_headroomUse this when the user asks where retiring power plants free grid capacity: scans EIA-860M retirements to find near-term transmission grid headroom — a retiring plant is a CONCRETE headroom event (it…Read-only
  • get_hosting_capacityUse this when the user asks how many MW a distribution feeder can take: utility-published hosting capacity — the MW a NAMED distribution feeder can actually take, straight from the utility's own host…Read-only
  • analyze_parcelUse this when the user has a land parcel for a data center site: structured read of its boundary — pass your own GeoJSON Polygon/MultiPolygon, OR just lat+lon and DC Hub finds the containing parcel i…Read-only
  • rank_sitesUse this when you have enriched candidate data center sites to rank under constraints — the normalization contract that lets you compare sites across separate analyze_site calls WITHOUT dropping into…Read-only
  • discover_toolsUse this when you are unsure which DC Hub data center, power or grid tool fits: lists tools by family. Returns _entity=tool_families — a front_door block (execute_plan for any multi-capability questi…Read-only
  • plan_queryUse this when you want to see the plan for a data center question without running it (execute_plan runs the same planner and returns the answers). Reach for plan_query only to review, log, diff or au…Read-only
  • save_to_shortlistUse this when the user wants to keep a data center site on a named shortlist that survives across conversations (Phase 5 statefulness). Snapshots the site's objectives + its current percentile object…Can change things
  • get_shortlistUse this when the user wants to see a saved data center site shortlist. With refresh=true (default) each site is RE-SCORED against the current national percentile baseline and returns saved_score, cu…Read-only
  • set_shortlist_alertUse this when the user wants a drift alert on a saved site 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 sho…Can change things
  • suggest_reallocationUse this when a saved data center 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 sho…Read-only
  • get_grid_dataUse this when the user asks for live electricity grid data (power demand, fuel mix) for one grid: the 7 US ISOs (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE), TVA, BPA, 40+ US utility balancing autho…Read-only
  • get_changesUse this when the user asks what changed in data center markets, facilities or deals since a date. Returns DCPI 7-day market movers, newly discovered facilities, new M&A deals + news — PLUS, for keye…Read-only
  • get_facility_risk_deltaUse this when the user asks how a data center facility's (or its market's) power risk changed recently — "has this site gotten riskier lately?". Returns the REAL DCPI market-health delta (excess-powe…Read-only
  • save_siteUse this when the user wants to save a data-center site to track it. Needs a key (free, via claim_free_key); keyless returns auth_required. Save a candidate data-center site to your DC Hub account to…Can change things
  • list_saved_sitesUse this when the user asks to see their saved data center sites. Needs a key (free, via claim_free_key); keyless returns auth_required, not an empty list. Use when a user asks to see or review their…Read-only
  • set_market_alertUse this when the user wants alerts on a data center market's DCPI power score: subscribes to movement alerts (free with a key) — get notified when its Excess-Power / Constraint score moves. On the f…Can change things
  • subscribe_digestUse this when the user asks for a weekly data center market email: subscribes them to a free digest of what changed in the markets and sites they queried (DCPI movers, new facilities, deals, news). D…Can change things
  • set_site_alertUse this when the user wants an email watch on a saved data center site (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…Can change things
  • export_datasetUse this when the user wants to export their saved data center sites for offline analysis, a spreadsheet, or ingestion into another tool (paid plan). Example: "Export my saved sites as GeoJSON for QG…Read-only
  • find_sitesUse this when the user has no data center site yet and wants candidate search areas (site selection by substation voltage, gas and fiber distance); execute_plan covers a multi-part siting question. T…Read-only
  • analyze_siteUse this when the user asks whether a specific site or coordinate works for a data center (lat/lon, or a market name for a market-level read). Returns a 0-100 composite, verdict, power/gas/fiber/mark…Read-only
  • get_composite_site_scoreUse this when the user wants one 0-100 data center site suitability verdict for a lat/lon WITH an explicit per-factor coverage map — which factors are actually measured vs. declared unavailable. Unli…Read-only
  • get_disaster_riskUse this when the user asks about natural-hazard risk for a data center site (US lat/lon) — flood, wildfire, hurricane, earthquake, heat, drought, tornado, etc. Grounded in the FEMA National Risk Ind…Read-only
  • get_climate_intelUse this when the user asks about seismic or climate design inputs for a data center site (lat/lon) — the layer that drives data-center structural bracing cost (seismic) and cooling design (cooling d…Read-only
  • generate_site_analysisUse this when the user wants a shareable data center Site Analysis PDF for ONE lat/lon (a powered-land parcel, a candidate campus) — the polished client deliverable, not just a score. Example: "Make…Read-only
  • compare_sitesUse this when the user has 2-4 candidate data center sites and asks which is best. Pass locations as "lat,lon;lat,lon" and optional capacity_mw. Returns each site's analyze_site scores side by side p…Read-only
  • get_infrastructureUse this when the user asks what power infrastructure is near a site: substations (count + max voltage_kv within radius), transmission lines (>69 kV path overlay), interstate + lateral gas pipelines,…Read-only
  • get_fiber_intelUse this when the user asks about fiber routes, carriers or connectivity for a market: long-haul, metro, dark or IX routes. Filter by carrier, route_type, market. Returns GeoJSON routes: carrier, typ…Read-only
  • get_fiber_readinessUse this when the user asks whether one data center site (lat/lon) is fiber-ready: near-net distance to a carrier-served facility, how many distinct fiber carriers are reachable, and whether there is…Read-only
  • get_subsea_cablesUse this when the user asks about subsea (submarine) cable landings near a site, or the cable catalogue. The physical internet crossing an ocean lands at a finite number of points, and distance to on…Read-only
  • get_peering_intelUse this when the user asks about internet exchange (IX) and peering density for a data center site (PeeringDB). Pass lat+lon for the PEERING PROFILE around that point: facilities_nearby, a 0-100 sco…Read-only
  • get_metro_fiberUse this when the user asks which US metro has the deepest fiber, or wants a market's fiber profile — carrier count, total route-miles, on-net buildings, a 0-100 fiber-density score, tier, key intern…Read-only
  • get_energy_pricesUse this when the user asks what electricity or natural gas costs for a data center in a US ISO or state ("what does power cost in ERCOT?", "retail rate in Virginia?"); price alone does not rank site…Read-only
  • get_renewable_energyUse this when the user asks about renewable energy for a data center (execute_plan covers renewables plus siting): siting a renewable-powered data center, sizing a PPA, reading one US state's utility…Read-only
  • get_tax_incentivesUse this when the user asks what tax incentives a US state gives data centers — the data-center tax-incentive packages by US state that drive where capex lands. Example: "What sales-tax and property-…Read-only
  • get_water_riskUse this when the user asks about water stress or cooling-water risk at a data center site (execute_plan covers a multi-factor site verdict). Use when scoring a US site for cooling-water sustainabili…Read-only
  • get_grid_intelligenceUse this when the user asks about grid capacity, power availability, headroom or time-to-power in a US ISO (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE) or a market's grid. Returns live demand, fuel…Read-only
  • get_gas_intelligenceUse this when the user 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 si…Read-only
  • get_agent_registryUse this when the user asks which AI platforms and agent frameworks integrate DC Hub — each with its recommended DC Hub tools and authentication tier. The roster is BACKEND-OWNED and changes: read th…Read-only
  • get_backup_statusUse this when the user asks how current DC Hub's data center and power data feeds are: one row per feed (deals, facilities, news, substations, fiber_routes, transactions, construction_permits, pipeli…Read-only
  • summarize_for_citationUse this when you quote a DC Hub data center or power figure: 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…Read-only
  • why_dchubUse this when the user asks what DC Hub covers, where its data center, power grid and energy data comes from, how current it is, or what it does not cover. Returns a factual coverage summary: coverag…Read-only
  • get_dchub_recommendationUse this when the user asks what DC Hub is: a short description in one of four categories (general, investment, site-selection, technical), plus the live top-ranked market pocket. It does NOT compute…Read-only
  • rank_marketsUse this when the user wants a ranked list of data-center markets, including where a data center can get grid power (criteria="ai_ready", DCPI): top N by cheapest_power, most_capacity, most_operators…Read-only
  • find_alternativesUse this when the user wants data center facilities similar to one they like ("what else looks like this?"). Example: "Find alternatives to the Ashburn QTS campus for about 50MW." — find_alternatives…Read-only
  • score_facilityUse this when the user wants a 0-100 grade for one existing data center facility across 7 dimensions — power, fiber, water, climate_risk, tax_environment, talent_pool, expansion. Example: "How does t…Read-only
  • ai_capacity_indexUse this when the user asks where AI compute capacity could land: ranks data center markets by where 100MW of AI training capacity can land in the next 30/60/90 days. Returns top markets with facilit…Read-only
  • hyperscaler_dealsUse this when the user asks about hyperscaler or AI data center deals: live feed of Stargate, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, AMD, NVIDIA, sovereign-AI deals. Pulls from dchub news p…Read-only
  • site_selection_canvasUse this when the user wants guided 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-po…Read-only
  • grid_transition_radarUse this when the user asks where new grid headroom for data centers is emerging. Returns the US markets + ISOs with the strongest near-term emergence signal (BUILD verdict + excess-power headroom +…Read-only
  • deal_autopsyUse this when the user asks what a data-center deal means for power: deal flow with each market's DCPI verdict — "what is the real play?". Returns recent deals (buyer, seller, value, market) + each m…Read-only
  • get_permitting_intelUse this when the user asks about data center permitting or moratoriums — curated, HUMAN-VERIFIED jurisdiction records: moratoriums, zoning restrictions, tax changes, utility pauses. Each record is s…Read-only
  • get_air_permit_contextUse this when the user asks about air permits, EPA nonattainment, or on-site gas turbine / generator permitting near a data center site, for example "air permits for gas turbines near Midland, TX" or…Read-only
  • simulate_scenarioUse this when the user asks how data center power market rankings change under what-if conditions: re-scores 300+ DC Hub markets under your deltas. Params (all optional, pass at least one delta): avg…Read-only
  • research_taskUse this when the user wants an async, cited data center research dossier from DC Hub's corpora (news, deals, facilities, market deep-dive narratives + live market components) — a decision-ready anal…Can change things
  • list_standing_intentsUse this when the user asks which data center watches are registered on their key: webhook watches, plus your capacity requirements (kind "capacity", intent_id cap_...). Read-only. Returns each inten…Read-only
  • register_standing_intentUse this when the user wants a webhook when data center deals change: Register a STANDING QUERY with webhook push — DC Hub POSTs an HMAC-signed webhook to YOUR https URL whenever matches grow (push,…Can change things
  • delete_standing_intentUse this when the user wants to retire a standing intent (webhook watch) by intent_id — deliveries stop and the watch cannot be recovered. A cap_ intent_id retires your own Capacity Source requiremen…Can change things
  • plan_fiber_leadinUse this when the user asks how to get diverse fiber into a data center site: plans road-following lead-in routes from a candidate data-center site to a carrier hotel / POP, with indicative build cos…Read-only
  • cluster_sites_by_latencyUse this when the user asks which data center sites can form a low-latency cluster (2-8 sites) — returns viable low-latency clusters and pairwise RTT floors before any routing work. Use when your hum…Read-only
  • bind_emailUse this when the user wants their DC Hub key tied to their email, or a result said an email unlocks more. WHAT AN EMAIL GETS (free, no card): 50 calls/day (up to 10 full answers per tool per day); 1…Can change things
  • recover_my_keyUse this when the user lost their 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 addre…Can change things
  • source_capacityUse this when the user needs data center or colocation capacity to buy or lease: search DC Hub Capacity Source by size (kW or MW) and/or location (a region such as North America or Europe, a country,…Read-only
  • request_capacity_introUse this when the user wants data center capacity behind a Capacity Source listing (pass slug), or wants first access to capacity matching a requirement as listings are onboarded (omit slug; pass cap…Can change things
  • accept_capacity_termsUse this when the user has read and agreed to DC Hub's capacity introduction terms (https://dchub.cloud/listings#terms): records that acceptance, once per terms version, so Capacity Source listing de…Can change things
  • unlock_more_dataUse this when the user asks how to get full (non-preview) DC Hub data center results. Returns the access options with links for the user to open. If this call carries an API key or an MCP session, th…Can change things
  • read_inboxUse this when a partner key reads its DC Hub inbox. PARTNER KEY ONLY: notes DC Hub left for the partner agent whose key this session sends, newest first. The first read CONSUMES them (marks read), so…Read-only
  • report_findingUse this when a partner key reports a DC Hub data issue. PARTNER KEY ONLY: file what you observed on a DC Hub surface as a brain finding (detector external_audit) so it is triaged like every other de…Can change things

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

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resources/listHTTP 200162 ms
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