Dchub MCP Server

@pipeworx/dchub

Data-center site selection, power and grid intelligence from DC Hub: facility registry, per-metro market intelligence, live grid fuel mix and demand, leasable capacity, and a one-call planner for multi-part siting questions.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1863+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.

Tools

• dchub_execute_plan(intent, ...) — answers a multi-part data-center question in one call (e.g. "rank markets for a 200 MW AI campus", "power headroom in PJM") and returns the combined result with citations.
• dchub_search_facilities(city, state, country, operator, min_capacity_mw, ...) — which data centers exist and who operates them.
• dchub_get_market_intel(market) — vacancy, pricing, pipeline and operators for one metro, by market slug (e.g. northern-virginia).
• dchub_get_grid_data(iso) — live fuel mix and demand for a grid (PJM, ERCOT, CAISO and others).
• dchub_source_capacity(min_mw, region, ...) — powered land, shells, turnkey capacity and colocation available to buy or lease.
• dchub_get_interconnection_queue(iso) — grid interconnection queue depth per US ISO (queued generation GW, ERCOT's large-load queue); omit iso for an all-ISO snapshot.
• dchub_get_news(query, category, source, date_from, date_to, limit) — curated data-center industry news from 40+ trade sources, refreshed every 30 min.

Auth

Keyless. Without a DC Hub key, DC Hub returns a trimmed PREVIEW for some tools (a few rows per list, no MW detail); every response says so in preview / preview_notice. A caller may pass their own DC Hub key as _apiKey for fuller answers. A Pipeworx-wide partner key is not configured yet.

Data sources

• DC Hub (dchub.cloud), data-center intelligence platform: facility registry, Data Center Power Index and market intelligence, grid feeds, capacity listings. Cite as "DC Hub, dchub.cloud". Live per-request; nothing is stored by Pipeworx.

DC Hub asked that partner traffic be identifiable; every call carries X-DCHub-Via: pipeworx (changes nothing in access). Results are JSON wrapped in {source, preview, result}; result.provenance carries DC Hub's own completeness and as-of fields, and as_of may be null: do not cite retrieved_at as a data date. dchub_execute_plan responses are large (tens of KB).

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dchub": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dchub/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dchub/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1863+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/dchub_execute_plan \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"intent":"rank markets for a 200 MW AI campus"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/dchub_execute_plan. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Run it from npm

@pipeworx/mcp-dchub is a local stdio bridge to the Pipeworx gateway: your MCP client starts it with npx, and it forwards every call to the same https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dchub/mcp endpoint shown above. It needs network access; there is no offline mode.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dchub": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-dchub"]
    }
  }
}

Without a key it calls anonymously, capped at 50 calls a day. A free account raises that to 200 a day: get a key at https://pipeworx.io/signup and add "env": { "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<your key>" } to the server entry. The key is sent as a Bearer token, the same way a hosted connection sends it, so calls are metered and billed exactly as they are there.

It lists only this pack's tools by default. Set PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1 to also list ask_pipeworx and the other gateway-wide tools.

Behind an HTTPS proxy: Node's built-in fetch does not read HTTPS_PROXY by default. Newer Node releases honour it when NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 is set; check your Node version's documentation.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Dchub data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT