Carlsbad Energy Center
BrownfieldCarlsbad, San Diego, California · NRG California Peaker Operations LLC
Carlsbad Energy Center is a natural gas plant in Carlsbad, San Diego, California. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 106 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 — San Diego 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 Carlsbad Energy Center — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station | nuclear plant | 2,254 | 20.3 mi | — |
| Escondido Energy Center | natural gas plant | 44 | 12.6 mi | — |
| Rancho Penasquitos | former hydro site | 5 | 19.0 mi | — |
| P Plant | natural gas plant | 5 | 18.7 mi | — |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility | former hydro site | 4 | 30.1 mi | — |
| San Diego State University | natural gas plant | 3 | 29.3 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 Carlsbad Energy Center, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN ONOFRE | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.5 |
| CALPEAK PE 7 | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.2 |
| PENASQUITOS | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.9 |
| FRIARS | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.8 |
| MISSION | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.8 |
| Alvarado Hydro Facility | Brownfield | CA | San Diego County | 69 kV | 4 MW | 5.7 yrs | 54.8 |
| ENCINA | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.7 |
| STATION F | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Diego County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.6 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- LightEdge San Diego 1 (SAN1)San Diego, CA · 7 networks
- EdgeConneX San Diego (EDCSDG01)San Diego, CA · 7 networks
- LightEdge San Diego 2 (SAN2)San Diego, CA · 6 networks
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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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