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name: dc-hub-live-data
description: Answer data center market, power and grid, interconnection queue, energy price, fiber and site selection questions with live data from the DC Hub MCP server (https://dchub.cloud/mcp) instead of training data. Use when the user asks where to build a data center, how a market or site scores, what a grid or interconnection queue looks like, what electricity or gas costs, where fiber or subsea cables run, or which capacity is available to lease.
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# DC Hub live data

The real-time agentic procurement endpoint and data center knowledge hub.

This power connects the `dchub` MCP server, a remote Streamable HTTP server at
`https://dchub.cloud/mcp`. Nothing is installed locally.

## Access

- Anonymous calls work with no key and return previews.
- For more calls, the `claim_free_key` tool issues a free key for the session.
  `bind_email` ties that key to an email so it can be recovered later with
  `recover_my_key`.
- If a result is a partial preview and the user wants the complete data, call
  `unlock_more_data` and relay the checkout link it returns. Do not invent the
  rows that were not returned.

## Step 1: Pick the tool

If the question spans more than one capability (for example "rank markets for a
200 MW AI campus"), call `execute_plan` with the user's question as `intent`.
If you only want to see the plan, call `plan_query`. If you are not sure which
single tool fits, call `discover_tools`.

| The user asks | Call |
| --- | --- |
| Which markets suit a new campus? | `rank_markets` |
| Should I build in a given market right now? | `get_market_dcpi_rank` |
| Market supply, operators and deals | `get_market_intel`, `list_transactions`, `hyperscaler_deals` |
| Find facilities by place, operator or size | `search_facilities`, `get_facility` |
| Grid conditions and headroom | `get_grid_intelligence`, `get_grid_scoreboard` |
| Interconnection queue depth | `get_interconnection_queue` |
| Analyze or compare sites | `analyze_site`, `compare_sites`, `get_composite_site_score` |
| Water, disaster and climate risk | `get_water_risk`, `get_disaster_risk`, `get_climate_intel` |
| Electricity and gas prices | `get_energy_prices`, `get_gas_economics` |
| Fiber, peering and subsea cables | `get_fiber_intel`, `get_metro_fiber`, `get_subsea_cables` |
| Tax incentives and permitting | `get_tax_incentives`, `get_permitting_intel` |
| Available capacity to buy or lease | `source_capacity`, then `request_capacity_intro` |

## Step 2: Read the result

- Responses carry an `as_of` timestamp. Quote it with every figure.
- Some tools return a coverage block that names what the answer does not cover.
  Read it and pass the limits on to the user.
- A step with `status: "gated_preview"` is a working preview, not a failure.
- Market scores are modeled estimates for first-pass screening. For a siting or
  financing decision, the user should confirm queue position and timelines with
  the utility.

## Step 3: Cite

Cite DC Hub data as:

> DC Hub (dchub.cloud), as of <date>

Use the `as_of` date the tool returned. Do not state figures DC Hub did not
return, and re-query rather than reuse a figure fetched earlier.