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American Canyon Solar Farm

Brownfield

American Canyon, California

Legacy capacity
3
MW

American Canyon Solar Farm is a former landfill site in American Canyon, California. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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

Former useformer landfill site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity3 MW
Acreage80 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.9 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former landfill site of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near American Canyon Solar Farm, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near American Canyon Solar Farm
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EMBARCADEROSubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs57.5
Richmond Refinery TG800BrownfieldCAMarin County115 kV21 MW5.7 yrs55.6
STATION GSubstation-AdjacentCAMarin County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs55.2
EC Near Hunters PointGreenfieldCASan Francisco5.7 yrs54.3
Phillips 66 Carbon PlantBrownfieldCAContra Costa County60 kV27 MW5.7 yrs54.3
Sola Optical USA, INC. (Cowgirl Creamery)BrownfieldCAMarin60 kV0 MW8.2 yrs54.2
LAKEVILLESubstation-AdjacentCAMarin County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs53.7
SOBRANTESubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs53.4

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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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