Inside PowerlandMap: 3,022 Sites, 55 Countries and a Connected View of Infrastructure

A useful data center database needs to answer a practical question: where should a team spend its next hour of qualification?

PowerlandMap brings project information, power infrastructure, electricity benchmarks and demand signals into the same research workflow. This September update looks inside the database and explains how to use it, from initial market screening to a more focused commercial discussion.

What is in the database today?

The following figures come from the production database snapshot refreshed on 14 September 2026 at 20:00 UTC. They describe published research coverage, not customers, revenue or contracted opportunities.

• 3,022 supply sites across 55 countries: 2,323 operating sites, 252 under construction and 447 in development.
• 17,844.08 MW of reported IT capacity: supported by reported IT figures on 305 sites.
• 23,412.28 MW of indicative IT capacity including estimates: the reported total plus 5,568.20 MW of modelled fallback capacity across 519 other sites. These totals must not be added together.
• 2,198 sites with no publicly disclosed or modelled IT capacity: missing information remains visible.
• 139 current demand records across 44 countries: comprising 34 countable buyer searches, 45 additional buyer profiles, 18 programmes and contracted offtakes, and 42 modelled market corridors.
• 254,082 mapped network objects across 18 country datasets: 214,667 line segments and 39,415 substations.
• 41 electricity price references across 41 countries.

The demand categories serve different analytical purposes. The 139 records are not 139 unique buyers, and only the 34 countable searches enter additive buyer-search metrics. Likewise, a line segment is a mapped geometry, not an entire transmission circuit.

The latest power coverage

Recent network snapshots extend the geographic context available alongside supply. The current published datasets include the UK and Brazil with snapshots dated 14 September; Italy and Poland dated 13 September; and France, Germany and the UAE dated 12 September.

The wider network coverage also includes Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, Norway, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, Albania and Iceland.

This helps users put a location in context before starting a connection discussion. Coverage and voltage thresholds vary by country, and some datasets include medium-voltage assets. The combined object count should therefore not be described as a uniform, exhaustive high-voltage grid inventory.

Most importantly, a nearby line or substation does not establish available connection capacity. Network mapping helps formulate the next question; the network operator and project evidence must answer it.

How the tool works

1. Map the market

Start with a geography and a business objective. An occupier may be looking for a delivery window; a developer may be comparing locations; an investor may be examining a development pipeline.

Use the supply view to distinguish operating assets, construction projects and developments. Review the available capacity and power evidence before moving an asset onto a shortlist. An operating facility is not automatically capacity for lease, and a development record is not a delivery commitment.

2. Compare the assumptions

Look at IT capacity, timing and the documented route to power together. Keep the reported figure separate from an estimate and retain unknowns in the comparison.

Electricity benchmarks add an operating-cost perspective. They are sourced country references, with their own dates and comparability limitations. They are useful for screening scenarios; a project still needs its own tariff, network charges and supply proposal.

3. Monitor changes

Use market analyses and dated research updates to revisit the shortlist. A new connection milestone, construction announcement or change in timing can alter the next action.

The key question is what new evidence changes the decision. A growing database expands the research perimeter; it does not, by itself, demonstrate growth in the underlying market.

4. Match and qualify

Compare eligible supply with anonymised requirements to identify plausible discussions. Geography, capacity and timing provide a starting point for qualification.

A match remains a research lead. Availability, technical fit, commercial terms and counterparty interest require direct confirmation. An anonymous search signal is not a signed tenant commitment.

A practical example

Consider a team screening a potential 20 MW IT deployment in two countries. This is an illustrative requirement, not a live buyer mandate.

The team first identifies relevant supply and separates reported IT capacity from estimates. It then reviews the development stage and delivery assumptions, checks the surrounding mapped network, and compares the electricity reference for each market.

The resulting shortlist should identify both the reason to proceed and the next fact to establish: commercial availability, a connection milestone, a technical constraint or a delivery dependency. A site with an unknown IT figure can remain relevant, but it should not silently acquire a 20 MW label.

Who can use this evidence?

Operators and occupiers can prioritise capacity discussions. Developers and landowners can compare their positioning. Investors and advisers can organise screening and diligence. Engineering firms, contractors, equipment suppliers and energy specialists can identify projects worth qualifying against their capabilities.

For commercial teams, the discipline is the same: a project status is context, not proof of a tender or purchase order.

Explore PowerlandMap

PowerlandMap is designed to help teams move from a broad market view to specific, evidence-led questions.

Explore the product, review coverage and the methodology, or request access for a discussion of your use case. The public demonstration uses fictional data to illustrate the workflow.

*Database snapshot: 14 September 2026, 20:00 UTC. Figures will evolve as records are added, reviewed or reclassified. This article preserves the snapshot above; current coverage is available on the website.*