El Centro Hybrid
BrownfieldEl Centro, Imperial, California · Imperial Irrigation District
El Centro Hybrid is a natural gas plant in El Centro, Imperial, California, retired 2010-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 50 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 — Imperial 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 El Centro Hybrid — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock III | former geothermal site | 70 | 25.1 mi | — |
| Black Rock II | former geothermal site | 70 | 25.1 mi | — |
| Black Rock I | former geothermal site | 70 | 25.1 mi | — |
| Heber Geothermal | former geothermal site | 59 | 6.2 mi | — |
| Second Imperial Geothermal | former geothermal site | 48 | 6.1 mi | — |
| Ormesa I | former geothermal site | 31 | 16.5 mi | — |
| Ormesa II | former geothermal site | 24 | 17.0 mi | — |
| Brawley | oil plant | 23 | 11.5 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 El Centro Hybrid, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heber Geothermal | Brownfield | CA | Imperial County | 66 kV | 59 MW | 5.7 yrs | 52.8 |
| IMPERIAL VALLEY | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Imperial County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 52.3 |
| IMPERIAL VALLEY | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Imperial County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 51.9 |
| EL CENTRO | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Imperial County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 49.7 |
| Ormesa I | Brownfield | CA | Imperial County | 66 kV | 31 MW | 5.7 yrs | 48.8 |
| HIGHLINE | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Imperial County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 47.9 |
| MIDWAY | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Imperial County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 47.8 |
| Black Rock II | Brownfield | CA | Imperial County | 66 kV | 70 MW | 5.7 yrs | 47.7 |
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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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