ebb-ai — carbon-aware MCP scheduler

US data centers are projected to consume 6.7–12% of national electricity grid load by 2028 (DOE 2024), driven primarily by AI compute. Most agent workload that lands on that load is deferrable…

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What is the ebb-ai — carbon-aware MCP scheduler MCP Server?

ebb-ai — carbon-aware MCP scheduler is an MCP project maintained in the vitalini/ebb-ai repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “US data centers are projected to consume 6.7–12% of national electricity grid load by 2028 (DOE 2024), driven primarily by AI compute. Most agent workload…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is @ebb-ai/mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares EBB_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEY, EBB_EIA_API_KEY, EBB_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKEN, WATTTIME_USERNAME, WATTTIME_PASSWORD. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the ebb-ai — carbon-aware MCP scheduler MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ebb-ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ebb-ai/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EBB_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEY": "YOUR_EBB_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEY",
        "EBB_EIA_API_KEY": "YOUR_EBB_EIA_API_KEY",
        "EBB_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKEN": "YOUR_EBB_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKEN",
        "WATTTIME_USERNAME": "optional; with WATTTIME_PASSWORD, enables WattTime v3 marginal-emissions forecasts for US ISOs (takes precedence over EIA where covered).",
        "WATTTIME_PASSWORD": "YOUR_WATTTIME_PASSWORD"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
EBB_ELECTRICITY_MAPS_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional
EBB_EIA_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional
EBB_ENTSOE_SECURITY_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional
WATTTIME_USERNAMEDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional
WATTTIME_PASSWORDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional