Robert E Ritchie
BrownfieldHelena, Phillips, Arkansas · Entergy Arkansas LLC
Robert E Ritchie is a natural gas plant in Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, retired 2013-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 923 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 — Phillips 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 Robert E Ritchie — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Street | natural gas plant | 13 | 17.9 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 Robert E Ritchie, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSONVILLE | Substation-Adjacent | MS | DeSoto County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.3 |
| RITCHIE STATION | Substation-Adjacent | AR | Phillips County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 60.9 |
| EC FFE Coahoma County | Greenfield | MS | Coahoma County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 59.7 |
| TUNICA | Substation-Adjacent | MS | Tunica County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 59.0 |
| UNKNOWN111257 | Substation-Adjacent | MS | Coahoma County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 59.0 |
| UNKNOWN111260 | Substation-Adjacent | MS | Tunica County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 58.8 |
| EC Near Third Street | Greenfield | MS | Coahoma | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 58.8 |
| UNKNOWN117272 | Substation-Adjacent | AR | Lee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 57.2 |
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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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