What is the DCPI score for Québec City?

Québec City has a DC Hub Power Index (DCPI) verdict of AVOID, with an Excess Power score of 48.2/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 27.1/100. Recomputed daily by DC Hub.

Is Québec City a good market to build a data center?

DC Hub rates Québec City as AVOID for new data-center builds, based on an Excess Power score of 48.2/100 and a Grid Constraint score of 27.1/100, in the HQ grid region.

Which grid operator (ISO) serves Québec City?

Québec City is in the HQ ISO/RTO grid region.

DCPI / Markets / Québec City

Québec City

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

HQ · QC · 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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Québec City data-center market — grid summary

Metric	Value	Source
DCPI verdict	AVOID	DC Hub Power Index — recomputed daily
Grid operator (ISO)	HQ	DC Hub grid telemetry
Excess-power score	48.2 / 100	DCPI
Grid-constraint score	27.1 / 100	DCPI
Est. time-to-power	11 months	DCPI
Interconnection queue wait	18 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="quebec-city" via https://dchub.cloud/mcp for the citable record.

48.2

Excess Power Score · Opportunity

27.1

Constraint Score · Avoid

🌟 Top Opportunities

500 MW behind-the-meter industrial headroom
reserve margin 24.0% — capacity available right now
70% queue approval rate — fast-track candidates

⚠️ Top Risks

Markets generally well-supplied; standard diligence

📊 Underlying Metrics

18 mo

Queue Wait

24.0%

Reserve Margin

not measured

Generation Additions <12mo

4.5%

Renewable Curtailment

not measured

Stranded Capacity

11 mo

Est. Time to Power

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