Affordability Toolkit (BETA)
ORNL Critical Infrastructure
Data Center Affordability & Feasibility with MEGA-DC
Evaluate affordability, grid resilience, and site feasibility through a unified geospatial decision platform.
Overview
Data centers are critical infrastructure assets, but electricity demand growth and interconnection timelines create planning pressure for utilities and communities. MEGA-DC provides a digital twin workflow to compare scenarios, optimize candidate counties, and support transparent infrastructure decisions.
Use Cases
Assess county-level affordability metrics, review grid resiliency indicators, and inspect resource constraints such as water and substation headroom. Use scenario outputs to communicate tradeoffs for site selection and long-range planning.
User Login Information
Accounts are managed with Keycloak-backed authentication and an approved member registry stored in the application database.
Use the Login button to sign in, register a new account, or update your password.
Support contact: iyergv@ornl.gov
FAQs
FAQ content can be expanded next with model assumptions, data refresh cadence, and interpretation guidance for county and blockgroup-level outputs.