ScienceShot
The full stack. Seen clearly.
From the chip to the grid, explained for the people who build and run data centres.
Every watt in a data centre passes through silicon, links, halls and models. We follow it the whole way, and show our sources at every step.
Semiconductors
Where every watt begins.
Chips set the ceiling for everything above them: how much work a megawatt can do, and how much heat it leaves behind.
Connectivity
The links that hold it together.
Fibre, interconnects and grid links decide where capacity can go and how fast it can talk.
Data Centers
Power, cooling and the rules.
The hall is where physics meets regulation. We test the claims against climate data and the law.
Software & AI
What the capacity is for.
Models and schedulers decide what a facility actually does, and what each answer really costs.
Featured analysis.
Tools that do the maths.
Live data and transparent models. Put in your own numbers and see the method behind every answer.
Live grid
€0 → €235
Germany’s day-ahead power price over 48 hours. Flexible load is worth real money.
Germany day-ahead, €/MWh. Source: Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE). Updated every 10 minutes.
Siting cost
3×
Wholesale power in Italy cost 3 times Finland’s in 2025.
Average 2025 day-ahead price, €/MWh: the five largest data-centre markets, the cheapest and the dearest. Source: Ember (CC BY 4.0).
Rank every countryRegulation tracker
65 days
To the next European or German data-centre deadline.
Next dates from the ScienceShot regulation tracker, updated as rules change.
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