Critical infrastructure siting · US data centers first
Pilot stage — onboarding first partners

Find where power, water and permits line up — before you commit capital.

hyd.eco screens land against the factors that make or break an AI data center: grid capacity, water, fiber, permitting and risk. You get a ranked shortlist of sites and a sourced decision memo your investment committee can act on.

Built on a geospatial engine first developed for natural hydrogen exploration.

Site screenIllustrative output
A B C N
Transmission Substation Fiber Top-ranked site
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01 Site A — grid headroom near a substation, fiber on site; water needs a plan
02 Site B — strong water access; longer path to interconnection
03 Site C — faster permitting; limited fiber nearby
Why now

For AI data centers, the scarce input is no longer land. It's power.

01

Power decides the map

Grid capacity, interconnection timelines and tariffs now shape where a campus can go — and how fast it can be energized.

02

The facts are scattered

Utility filings, state permitting rules, water rights, fiber routes and hazard maps live in different places, in different formats.

03

Bad sites surface late

Too often the deal-breaker appears after options are signed and studies are paid for. A structured screen moves it to the start.

The engine

Eight layers. One decision.

Every candidate site is scored on the same layers, with the source behind each signal — so your team argues about trade-offs, not about data.

01

Power

Nearby substations and transmission, available capacity, generation mix, utility tariffs.

02

Water

Availability and rights, cooling options, drought exposure.

03

Connectivity

Long-haul fiber routes, distance to metros and exchange points.

04

Land & zoning

Parcel size and ownership, zoning class, buildable area.

05

Permitting

State and county processes, approvals required, typical timelines.

06

Incentives

State and local tax incentives for data centers, enterprise zones.

07

Risk

Natural hazards, climate exposure, community and political sentiment.

08

On-site energy

Gas, renewables, storage — and natural hydrogen — for behind-the-meter supply.

How it works

From a brief to a decision memo.

  1. 01

    Brief

    Tell us the load in MW, the timeline, latency needs and budget. They become hard filters and weights.

  2. 02

    Screen

    The engine scores candidate regions and parcels across all eight layers.

  3. 03

    Stress-test

    Run the what-ifs: an interconnection delay, a cap on water, a change in incentives.

  4. 04

    Decide

    A ranked shortlist, a sourced decision memo and a map your team can share.

What you get
  • Ranked site shortlistWith the reasons behind every rank.
  • Decision memoEvery claim linked to its source.
  • Shared map workspaceFor your team, your engineers and your investors.
  • Next-step planThe utilities, agencies and local contacts to approach first.
Who it's for
  • Data center developersNarrowing a region down to a buildable shortlist.
  • Investors & infrastructure fundsChecking a site story before committing capital.
  • Site selection & engineering firmsAdding a structured, sourced layer to their studies.
  • Utilities & economic development agenciesShowing where their territory fits — and where it doesn't yet.
Pilot program

We're building it with its first users.

hyd.eco is in pilot stage. We work with a small number of partners who have a real siting question — and they help shape the product in return.

Apply for a pilot
  • 01A screen of one region you are already considering
  • 02Direct work with the founder, start to finish
  • 03A say in what the engine does next
First study area · in progressSweetwater County, Wyoming
Origin

Built for hydrogen. Rebuilt for power.

hyd.eco started as a geospatial platform for natural hydrogen exploration: finding where geology and existing infrastructure meet, so a resource can actually reach a market.

Data centers ask the same question from the other side — where can energy, water and connectivity meet a building? The engine carries over. Hydrogen screening stays part of it.

Track record
EHEC 2026, Seville · PowerConnect, GdańskResearch presented and accepted into the congress proceedings.
Spanish Hydrogen AssociationMember — direct line to energy companies, R&D centres and policy-makers.
Partner networkAfrica Hydrogen Hub, Hydrogen Age and European geological associations.
Founder
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Evgeny Korneev
Founder, hyd.eco

Twenty years of building partnerships in energy and infrastructure — with governments, corporations, NGOs and startups, often inside the same project.

Evgeny has worked across Russia, Kazakhstan, Argentina and Europe, in English, Spanish and Russian, without intermediaries.

He also advises growth companies on entering new markets. hyd.eco's own entry into the US is the case he works from.

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Contact

Have a site question? Let's look at it together.

Tell us what you're planning to build and where you're looking. You'll hear back from the founder personally.

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