{"cite":"DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud, CC BY 4.0","json_ld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Dataset","creator":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DC Hub","url":"https://dchub.cloud"},"description":"US natural-gas pipeline segment counts and a parent-midstream operator registry. The DCGI suitability score is WITHDRAWN as of 2026-08-08 and is not published in this report.","keywords":["data center","natural gas","pipeline","gas-to-power","behind-the-meter","DCGI","midstream"],"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","name":"DC Hub Pipeline Report \u2014 natural-gas segments & midstream registry","url":"https://dchub.cloud/pipeline-report"},"ok":true,"report":{"endpoints":{"methodology":"/api/v1/dcgi/methodology","operators":"/api/v1/dcgi/operators","scores":"/api/v1/dcgi/scores"},"error":null,"generated_for":"behind-the-meter / gas-to-power siting","index_status":{"audit_ref":"DCHUB_ANALYST_GRADE_AUDIT_2026-08-08","available":false,"ok":false,"reenable":"set DCHUB_GAS_INDEX_ENABLED=1 once the terms are fixed","status":"disabled","surface":"pipeline-report","unavailable_reason":"The Data Center Gas Index (DCGI) is withdrawn pending correction. It is not degraded or delayed \u2014 two of its three terms were measurably wrong, so no subset of it is publishable. (1) The 20-point interstate-share term matched a lowercase literal against capitalised EIA TYPEPIPE values and scored ~0 for all 53 published states. (2) The 40%-weighted cost term fell back to a hardcoded 50.0 for nine states including Texas, which was published as DCGI 68.0 / rank #3 / GAS-ADVANTAGED on that constant; where a price did exist it was chosen by a non-deterministic tie-break between the EIA industrial (PIN) and electric-power (PEU) series, which are not comparable.","what_is_still_published":["/api/v1/dcgi/operators \u2014 parent-midstream registry with live natural-gas segment counts. No composite, no price term.","/api/v1/gas-pipelines \u2014 per-segment EIA geodata.","/api/v1/dcgi/methodology \u2014 the scoring definition, so the withdrawn figure stays auditable."],"withdrawn_on":"2026-08-08"},"license":"CC BY 4.0 \u2014 cite 'DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud'","methodology":{"caveats":["Access is density/diversity-based; the EIA pipeline geofeed does not publish per-segment throughput (capacity_mcf), so this is a relative infrastructure-presence index, not a deliverability/firm-capacity model.","Cost uses the latest available industrial or electric-power series per state."],"data_sources":["EIA natural-gas interstate/intrastate pipeline geodata (gas_pipelines)","EIA natural-gas prices by sector & state (eia_gas_prices)"],"index":"Data Center Gas Index (DCGI)","license":"CC BY 4.0 \u2014 cite 'DC Hub Data Center Gas Index (DCGI), dchub.cloud'","purpose":"Score US states on natural-gas suitability for siting data-center power load, for the behind-the-meter / gas-to-power era.","scores":{"dcgi":"0.60*gas_access + 0.40*gas_cost","gas_access":"0.45*pipeline_density + 0.35*operator_diversity + 0.20*interstate_share","gas_cost":"inverse of latest industrial/electric-power gas price ($/Mcf), floor $2.50 ceil $12"},"verdicts":{"ADEQUATE":"dcgi >= 42","GAS-ADVANTAGED":"dcgi >= 62 and gas_access >= 50","GAS-CONSTRAINED":"dcgi < 42"}},"midstream_operators":[{"hq":"Houston, TX","key":"kinder_morgan","matched_entities":["Colorado Interstate Gas Co","East Tennessee Gas Co","El Paso Natural Gas Co","Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline","Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline Co","Mojave Pipeline Co","Sierrita Gas Pipeline","Southern Natural Gas Co","Tennessee Gas Pipeline","Wyoming Interstate PL Co"],"name":"Kinder Morgan","note":"~66k mi; largest US natural-gas transporter.","pipeline_segments":3016,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Calgary, AB","key":"tc_energy","matched_entities":["ANR Pipeline Co","Columbia Gas Trans Co","Columbia Gulf Pipeline","Crossroads Pipeline Co","Great Lakes Gas Trans Co","Portland Natural Gas PL"],"name":"TC Energy","note":"Columbia + ANR; major Appalachia / Midwest takeaway.","pipeline_segments":2315,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Des Moines, IA","key":"berkshire","matched_entities":["Cove Point Pipeline","Dominion Transmission Co","East Ohio Gas Co","Kern River Gas Trans Co","Northern Natural Gas Co"],"name":"Berkshire Hathaway Energy (Northern Natural / Eastern Gas)","note":"Northern Natural (largest by mileage) + Eastern Gas (ex-Dominion).","pipeline_segments":2201,"tracked":true,"type":"Interstate transmission"},{"hq":"Tulsa, OK","key":"oneok","matched_entities":["Guardian Pipeline Co","ONEOK Gas Transmission LLC","ONEOK Gas Transportation LLC","ONEOK Westex Pipeline","Roadrunner","Roadrunner Eastbound","Viking Gas Transmission Co"],"name":"ONEOK","note":"Mid-continent NGL + gas (incl. Magellan assets).","pipeline_segments":1865,"tracked":true,"type":"Gathering + transmission"},{"hq":"Houston / Calgary","key":"enbridge","matched_entities":["Algonquin Gas Trans Co","Enbridge Pipelines (AlaTenn)","Enbridge Pipelines (East Texas)","Enbridge Pipelines (UTOS)","Maritimes & Northeast PL US","PNGTS/Maritimes & Northeast","Texas Eastern Trans Co"],"name":"Enbridge (incl. 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