Hank Nikkels Plant 1
BrownfieldAnchorage, Anchorage, Alaska · Chugach Electric Assn Inc
Hank Nikkels Plant 1 is a natural gas plant in Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, retired 2016-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 44 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 — Anchorage Municipality
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 Hank Nikkels Plant 1 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George M Sullivan Generation Plant 2 | natural gas plant | 71 | 5.0 mi | — |
| International | natural gas plant | 46 | 4.0 mi | — |
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 Hank Nikkels Plant 1, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN158454 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 65.2 |
| PT. MACKENZIE | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 64.7 |
| UNIVERSITY | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 64.7 |
| RISER158451 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 64.5 |
| RISER158537 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 64.3 |
| TAP158536 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.5 yrs | 64.2 |
| UNKNOWN158444 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.5 yrs | 62.4 |
| UNKNOWN158443 | Substation-Adjacent | AK | Anchorage Municipality | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.5 yrs | 62.0 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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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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