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Diamond Valley Lake

Brownfield

Winchester, Riverside, California · Metropolitan Water District of S CA

Legacy capacity
10
MW

Diamond Valley Lake is a former hydro site in Winchester, Riverside, California, retired 2009-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 10 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 hydro site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity10 MW
Retirement date2009-10-01
EIA plant ID#7942

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address33552 Newport Road, Winchester, CA, 92596
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former hydro 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 — Riverside 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)685,991
IT / tech employment547
Construction employment73,718
Land value$19,831/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate18.08¢/kWh
Industrial power rate14.89¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply440.7 MGD
Industrial water use5.2 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers15 · 63% 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 Diamond Valley Lake — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Tequesquite Landfillformer landfill site825.8 micleanup_complete
San Gorgonio 1former hydro site227.1 mi—
Energy Centernatural gas plant227.0 mi—
Loma Linda University Cogennatural gas plant127.5 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 Diamond Valley Lake, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Diamond Valley Lake
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
VALLEYSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs59.5
INLAND EMPIRESubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs59.5
SAN BERNARDINOSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs58.1
Tequesquite LandfillBrownfieldCARiverside66 kV8 MW8.2 yrs55.4
CENTURYSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County287 kV300 MW8.2 yrs53.2
OZ RiversideGreenfieldCARiverside——5.7 yrs52.6
VISTASubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs52.3
OZ RiversideGreenfieldCARiverside——5.7 yrs52.1

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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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