CES Placerita Power Plant

Brownfield

Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California · CES Placerita Inc

Legacy capacity
60
MW

CES Placerita Power Plant is a natural gas plant in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles, California, retired 2008-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 60 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity60 MW
Retirement date2008-01-01
EIA plant ID#10677

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation4.8 mi
OperatorCES Placerita Inc
Operator address20885 Placerita Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA, 91321
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant 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 CES Placerita Power Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near CES Placerita Power Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
VALLEY (CA)Substation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs68.0
SYLMAR EASTSubstation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County1000 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs67.8
RINALDISubstation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County500 kV1,000 MW5.7 yrs67.7
AIRWAYSubstation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs67.2
VINCENTSubstation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs66.7
STATION E (TOLUCA)Substation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County500 kV1,000 MW5.7 yrs66.6
STATION F (VELASCO & KINETIC)Substation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs64.2
STATION P (MARKET)Substation-AdjacentCALos Angeles County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs63.9

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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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