Wood Mackenzie has bought LandGate, a company founded in Denver in 2016 that sells data on US land and the power grid. The two announced the deal on June 24, 2026.
Wood Mackenzie, which bills itself as a global leader in energy and natural resources analytics, plans to fold LandGate’s information into its own power market forecasting and supply chain work. LandGate’s holdings include more than 150 million land parcels in the US, plus insights on the country’s power transmission grid. The buyer said the data would help power, renewables and data center developers make capital decisions faster and with more confidence.
Demand is the driver
Wood Mackenzie expects US power generation investment to reach $1.36 trillion through 2035. It estimates that data centers will account for roughly 68% of US load growth through 2030. Big, location-specific loads like those are pulling power markets away from a supply-led model. What matters now, the company said, is demand and whether the grid can respond in time. Choices made early in a project need data that links market fundamentals to conditions at a specific site.
“The system is becoming more interconnected and companies that rely on siloed approaches will be left behind,” said Jason Liu, CEO of Wood Mackenzie. He said bringing LandGate’s land and infrastructure data onto the company’s platform gives customers a view of “where demand is growing, how the grid must respond, and where capital should flow.”
Xizhou Zhou, executive vice president and head of Power & Renewables at Wood Mackenzie, said LandGate adds high-resolution data on land, transmission and large-load demand. That lets the company model markets from the ground up, he said, and support clients from screening and siting through development and financing.
LandGate CEO Yoann Hispa called the combination “a unified ecosystem” that will speed growth and innovation for customers. LandGate’s data serves data center, power and renewables projects, along with other energy infrastructure.
KippsDeSanto & Co. advised LandGate on financial matters, KPMG on tax and Brach Eichler LLC on legal issues. Wood Mackenzie says it employs 2,700 experts across 30 countries and has been in the business for more than 50 years.
