What is the DCPI score for Manchester?

Manchester has a DC Hub Power Index (DCPI) verdict of AVOID, with an Excess Power score of 20.7/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 70.2/100. Recomputed daily by DC Hub.

Is Manchester a good market to build a data center?

DC Hub rates Manchester as AVOID for new data-center builds, based on an Excess Power score of 20.7/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 70.2/100, in the NGESO grid region.

Which grid operator (ISO) serves Manchester?

Manchester is in the NGESO ISO/RTO grid region.

DCPI / Markets / Manchester

Manchester

Name: Manchester — Data Center Power Index (DCPI)
Creator: DC Hub
Keywords: data center power, DCPI, Manchester, grid constraint, excess power, NGESO, site selection, AVOID

NGESO · UK · UPDATED 2026-08-16

SIGNAL QUALITY: LOW — no live grid feed fed this score — every input is a modeled regional estimate

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Manchester data-center market — grid summary

Metric	Value	Source
DCPI verdict	AVOID	DC Hub Power Index — recomputed daily
Grid operator (ISO)	NGESO	DC Hub grid telemetry
Excess-power score	20.7 / 100	DCPI
Grid-constraint score	70.2 / 100	DCPI
Est. time-to-power	134 months	DCPI
Interconnection queue wait	96 months	Serving-ISO queue
Signal quality	LOW	no live grid feed fed this score — every input is a modeled regional estimate

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), updated 2026-08-16. AI agents: get_market_dcpi_rank market_slug="manchester" via https://dchub.cloud/mcp for the citable record.

20.7

Excess Power Score · Opportunity

70.2

Constraint Score · Avoid

🌟 Top Opportunities

Standard market — score reflects typical conditions for this ISO

⚠️ Top Risks

96-month interconnection queue
reserve margin only 9.0% (NERC floor 13%)
8.0% YoY demand growth — outpacing additions

📊 Underlying Metrics

96 mo

Queue Wait

9.0%

Reserve Margin

not measured

Generation Additions <12mo

6.5%

Renewable Curtailment

not measured

Stranded Capacity

134 mo

Est. Time to Power

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