177,501 plants · 24 sectors · 71 countries

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Open data on utility plants worldwide across 24 sectors: wastewater, water supply, power, desalination, district cooling, hydrogen, and more. Location, capacity, operator, and permits on every page.

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177,501
Plants
24
Sectors
71
Countries
1.7B
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24 sectors live today. The rest are indexed with their taxonomy; plant listings arrive as they are verified.

WS Water Supply 127 plants WW Wastewater Treatment 53,860 plants DES Desalination 56 plants SW Stormwater 6,029 plants PMP Pumping Infrastructure 6,043 plants PWR Power Generation 17,861 plants REN Renewable Energy 15,328 plants ELC Electrical Infrastructure 21,720 plants DC District Cooling 34 plants DH District Heating 21 plants GAS Gas Infrastructure 9,076 plants OIL Oil Infrastructure 7,479 plants SWM Solid Waste Management 9,842 plants IU Industrial Utilities 2,045 plants IRR Irrigation 20 plants MAR Marine Utilities 1,662 plants ENV Environmental Monitoring 3,243 plants OPS Utility Operations 3,420 plants CI Cooling Infrastructure 1,828 plants FU Fuel Infrastructure 9,025 plants PIP Pipeline Infrastructure 8,509 plants TEL Telecommunications 105 plants ES Energy Storage 140 plants H2 Hydrogen Infrastructure 28 plants
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Every record carries its sector, location, headline specs, and a data-completeness score. Here are the highest-completeness plants in the directory.

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WW Wastewater Treatment

Jebel Ali Sewage Treatment Plant

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity
670,000 m³/day
95%
WW Wastewater Treatment

Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant

Boston, United States
Capacity
4,810,000 m³/day
95%
WW Wastewater Treatment

Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity
500,000 m³/day
95%
WW Wastewater Treatment

Warsan Sewage Treatment Plant

Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity
435,000 m³/day
95%
Global coverage

177,501 plants across 71 countries

Browse utility plants in every country we cover. Search by name, city, operator, or plant type, with maps, permits and specs on every record.

Live coverage · 165 countries · 177,495 plants
Top countries
USA United States 14,814 DEU Germany 4,257 ITA Italy 4,089 FRA France 3,721 BRA Brazil 2,820 MEX Mexico 2,540 CHN China 2,485 ESP Spain 2,117
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Top operators

The utilities behind the plants

Many operators span several sectors. Each operator page aggregates every plant they run, worldwide.

VE Veolia
Wastewater Water Supply District Cooling
5plants
2countries
AC ACCIONA
Desalination Renewables Water Supply
2plants
1countries
ME Metito
Wastewater Desalination Water Supply
1plants
1countries
BX BESIX
Wastewater Marine Pumping
4plants
1countries
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Multi-sector operators

Utilities like Veolia and ACCIONA span multiple sectors. Their operator pages aggregate every plant they run.

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