Behind the Watt

Behind the Watt is an open database that tracks behind‑the‑meter data center power generation. It provides verified operating capacity, project pipelines, permits and evidence for data centers across the United States. Users can download CSV or JSON datasets without signup, under a CC BY 4.0 license, and access a read‑only MCP endpoint for AI agents.

Behind the Watt publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Announcements.json API, Changes.json API, Coverage.json API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Energy, Data Center, Open Data, Power, and Economics.

The Behind the Watt catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Behind the Watt’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, and 12 more developer resources.

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31.3/100 thin Agent 21/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
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AccessOpen

2 published contracts 1 MCP Servers 10 Agent Skills

Energy Data Center Open Data Power Economics Tracking

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-02 · rubric v0.26.0

Composite quality — 31.3/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.2 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 7.6 / 17

Access Clarity 1.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 5.5 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.9 / 15

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics could not be measured. We hold no machine-readable contract for this provider to read, so there is nothing to measure a write surface against. Excluded rather than scored zero: never-measured and measured-empty are different facts. Publishing an OpenAPI is what makes this facet — and several others — scorable at all.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

9 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 10.5 — up to +17.9 composite points
Contract Quality scores 38.6 — up to +15.4 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 0.0 — up to +13.0 composite points

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Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Behind the Watt Announcements.json API

The Announcements.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for announcements.json.

Behind the Watt Changes.json API

The Changes.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for changes.json.

Behind the Watt Coverage.json API

The Coverage.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for coverage.json.

Behind the Watt Events.json API

The Events.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for events.json.

Behind the Watt Facilities.json API

The Facilities.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for facilities.json.

Behind the Watt Fleet.csv API

The Fleet.csv API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for fleet.csv.

Behind the Watt Index.json API

The Index.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for index.json.

Behind the Watt Opsb Review.json API

The Opsb Review.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for opsb review.json.

Behind the Watt Research Projects.json API

The Research Projects.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for research projects.json.

Behind the Watt Summary.json API

The Summary.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for summary.json.

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Behind the Watt MCP Server

Remote MCP server at mcp.behindthewatt.com.

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 10

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

behindthewatt-com-getapimanifest

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getchronologicalpublicevents

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getexact44opsbdocketrecordsandincompletecontentreviewstate

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getflatverifiedfleetcsv

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getreviewedchangeinterpretationsandpublishedmirrorevents

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getselectedprimarysourceprojectresearchdistinctfromoperatingfleet

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getsourcemonitoringcoverage

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getthirdpartyreportedprojectpipeline

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getverifiedfacilitieswithunitspermitsandsourcereceipts

AGENT SKILL

behindthewatt-com-getverifiedfleetsummaryanddatasetdate

AGENT SKILL

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Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Behind the Watt API Rules

27 rules · 25 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Behindthewatt Com Authentication

0 schemes

SECURITY

Behindthewatt Com Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Behindthewatt Com Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Behindthewatt Com Agentic Access

10 operations

10 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgentSkill

LLMsTxt

MCPServer

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

Spectral

Conformance

Conformance

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Hosts

Vendors

Vendors

Source (apis.yml)

aid: behindthewatt-com
name: Behind the Watt
description: Behind the Watt is an open database that tracks behind‑the‑meter data center power generation. It provides verified
  operating capacity, project pipelines, permits and evidence for data centers across the United States. Users can download
  CSV or JSON datasets without signup, under a CC BY 4.0 license, and access a read‑only MCP endpoint for AI agents.
url: https://artifacts.apis.io/behindthewatt-com/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: true
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Open access
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-02'
  method: derived
image: https://behindthewatt.com/og.png
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:mcp-registry
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment pass 2026-11-02 (modular-v1; was harvest)
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-11-02'
modified: '2026-11-02'
tags:
- Energy
- Data Center
- Open Data
- Power
- Economics
- Tracking
tags_raw:
- Energy
- DataCenter
- OpenData
- Power
- Economics
- Tracking
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/behindthewatt-com-agentic-access.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/behindthewatt-com-rules.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/behindthewatt-com-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/behindthewatt-com-llms.txt
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/behindthewatt-com-mcp.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/behindthewatt-com-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/behindthewatt-com-vendors.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/behindthewatt-com-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://behindthewatt.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://mcp.behindthewatt.com/mcp
- type: Documentation
  url: https://behindthewatt.com/data/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://behindthewatt.com/api/v1/openapi.json
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://behindthewatt.com/data/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://behindthewatt.com/privacy/
apis:
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-announcements-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Announcements.json API
  description: The Announcements.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for announcements.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Announcements.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-announcements-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-changes-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Changes.json API
  description: The Changes.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for changes.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Changes.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-changes-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-coverage-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Coverage.json API
  description: The Coverage.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for coverage.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Coverage.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-coverage-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-events-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Events.json API
  description: The Events.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for events.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Events.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-events-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-facilities-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Facilities.json API
  description: The Facilities.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for facilities.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Facilities.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-facilities-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-fleet-csv-api
  name: Behind the Watt Fleet.csv API
  description: The Fleet.csv API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for fleet.csv.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Fleet.csv
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-fleet-csv-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-index-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Index.json API
  description: The Index.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for index.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Index.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-index-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-opsb-review-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Opsb Review.json API
  description: The Opsb Review.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for opsb review.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Opsb Review.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-opsb-review-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-research-projects-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Research Projects.json API
  description: The Research Projects.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for research projects.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Research Projects.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-research-projects-json-api-openapi.yml
- aid: behindthewatt-com:behindthewatt-com-summary-json-api
  name: Behind the Watt Summary.json API
  description: The Summary.json API from Behind the Watt — 1 operation(s) for summary.json.
  humanURL: https://behindthewatt.com/guides/data-center-power-capacity/
  baseURL: https://behindthewatt.com
  tags:
  - Summary.json
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/behindthewatt-com-summary-json-api-openapi.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-11-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 36
  pass: modular-v1
  engine: identity=oss,contract=oss,surfaces=oss,docs=oss,regulatory=oss

Behind the Watt API — frequently asked questions

Does Behind the Watt have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from Behind the Watt, including Behind the Watt Announcements.json API, Behind the Watt Changes.json API and Behind the Watt Coverage.json API, and 7 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Behind the Watt API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for Behind the Watt, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Behind the Watt API?

Behind the Watt documents its authentication (0 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Behindthewatt Com Authentication.

Does Behind the Watt have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Behind the Watt: Remote MCP server at mcp.behindthewatt.com.

Is the Behind the Watt API ready for AI agents?

Behind the Watt has a Kin Score of 31.3 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.4 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-02.

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