Gadsden
BrownfieldGadsden, Etowah, Alabama · Alabama Power Co
Gadsden is a natural gas plant in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, retired 2023-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 138 MW of generation, so the grid hookup, transmission rights, and often cooling-water access are already in place — collapsing the speed-to-power timeline versus a greenfield build.
Former use & capacity
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Etowah County
County-level intelligence for this site's location — the power economics, water, hazard, connectivity, and workforce a developer screens before ever visiting. Assembled from FEMA NRI, BLS QCEW, FCC BDC, USGS water-use, and EIA.
Market & workforce
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
County-level context — address-level utility offerings and flood zoning vary within the county. Confirm site-specific service with the utility and a Phase I ESA.
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Gadsden — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniston Army Depot | former superfund site | 7 | 25.3 mi | cleanup_complete |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
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Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Gadsden, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anniston Army Depot | Brownfield | AL | Calhoun | — | 7 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.9 |
| UNKNOWN110198 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Calhoun County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.5 |
| TAP145873 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Etowah County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.4 |
| TAP145804 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Calhoun County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.3 |
| UNKNOWN110143 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Etowah County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 63.8 |
| TAP150120 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Cherokee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 63.2 |
| UNKNOWN110137 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Blount County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 63.2 |
| COLLINSVILLE | Substation-Adjacent | AL | DeKalb County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 61.9 |
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Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
Brownfield attributes are derived from EIA retired-generator and EPA public data. Existing capacity reflects the retired plant's historical nameplate, not deliverable interconnection for a new load. Confirm reusable interconnection rights, remediation status, and site availability with the utility, ISO, and current owner.
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