Wood Mackenzie Buys LandGate to Bolster US Power Market Data
The deal adds 150 million parcel-level land records, sharpening site selection tools for renewables, power, and data center developers.
Energy research and analytics firm Wood Mackenzie has acquired LandGate, a move that brings a dataset of 150 million parcel-level land intelligence records under its umbrella. The acquisition is designed to give developers and investors sharper, faster tools for evaluating where to build the next generation of power infrastructure — from utility-scale solar farms to the data centers driving artificial intelligence demand.
The strategic logic is straightforward: capital allocation in the energy transition increasingly hinges on land. Knowing which parcels are available, what they cost, how they are zoned, and what grid infrastructure sits nearby can compress project timelines and reduce the risk of committing capital to sites that later prove unviable. By embedding LandGate's granular land data directly into its existing analytics platform, Wood Mackenzie is betting that integrated intelligence — rather than siloed datasets — is what developers now require.
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The timing reflects a broader inflection point in US power markets. Surging electricity demand from data centers and manufacturing reshoring has intensified competition for developable land near transmission corridors, making parcel-level due diligence more commercially valuable than ever. For renewables and power developers operating in a constrained interconnection queue environment, the ability to screen sites rapidly could translate directly into a competitive edge.
For Wood Mackenzie, the deal reinforces its position at the intersection of energy market forecasting and transactional intelligence — a space where the gap between research and real-world decision-making is narrowing. LandGate's dataset adds a layer of physical-world granularity that complements the firm's existing financial, regulatory, and resource modeling capabilities.
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