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City of Tulare Water Facility

Brownfield

Tulare, Tulare, California · City of Tulare Water Pollution Control

Legacy capacity
1
MW

City of Tulare Water Facility is a former biomass site in Tulare, Tulare, California, retired 2017-08-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 biomass site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2017-08-01
EIA plant ID#59395

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation2.3 mi
Operator address1875 South West Street, Tulare, CA, 93274
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former biomass 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.

Site conditions & market — Tulare 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

Total employment (laborshed)140,865
IT / tech employment7
Construction employment7,307
Land value$15,617/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate21.69¢/kWh
Industrial power rate17.17¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply70.3 MGD
Industrial water use16.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers12 · 39% served

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 City of Tulare Water Facility — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Dinuba Energyformer biomass site1226.8 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 City of Tulare Water Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near City of Tulare Water Facility
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Dinuba EnergyBrownfieldCAFresno County66 kV12 MW5.7 yrs53.1
RECTORSubstation-AdjacentCATulare County287 kV300 MW8.2 yrs52.8
VESTALSubstation-AdjacentCATulare County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs51.2
OZ TulareGreenfieldCATulare——5.7 yrs49.6
OZ KingsGreenfieldCAKings——5.7 yrs49.5
OZ TulareGreenfieldCATulare——5.7 yrs49.3
UNKNOWN310430Substation-AdjacentCAFresno County115 kV100 MW8.2 yrs49.0
OZ TulareGreenfieldCATulare——5.7 yrs48.9

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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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