Wood Mackenzie Buys LandGate to Boost US Power Market Data
Wood Mackenzie acquires LandGate and its 150M parcel-level land dataset to sharpen capital decisions for power, renewables, and data center developers.
Energy research and analytics firm Wood Mackenzie has acquired LandGate, a land intelligence platform, in a move designed to strengthen its foothold in the rapidly evolving US power markets. The deal centers on LandGate's database of 150 million parcel-level land records, a resource that Wood Mackenzie says will give developers and investors a more granular view of site viability across the country.
The acquisition arrives at a moment when demand for power infrastructure intelligence is surging, driven by the accelerating buildout of renewable energy projects and the explosive growth of data centers. Developers in these sectors face mounting pressure to identify, evaluate, and commit to sites faster than ever before, and detailed land-level data is increasingly a competitive differentiator in that race.
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Wood Mackenzie's stated goal is to deliver what it calls "connected intelligence" — integrating LandGate's parcel-level dataset with its existing market analytics to enable higher-confidence capital allocation decisions. For power and renewables developers, that could mean compressing the timeline from site identification to financial commitment, reducing the risk of costly mistakes in land acquisition or project permitting.
The combined offering is expected to serve a broad client base spanning independent power producers, utilities, infrastructure funds, and the data center developers who are reshaping electricity demand forecasts across the United States. While financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, the strategic rationale reflects a broader industry trend of analytics firms vertically integrating land, grid, and market data to capture more of the energy transition workflow.
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