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Hunters Point

Brownfield

San Francisco, San Francisco, California · Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Legacy capacity
427
MW

Hunters Point is a natural gas plant in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, retired 2006-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 427 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 capacity427 MW
Retirement date2006-05-01
EIA plant ID#247

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.7 mi
Operator address1000 Evans Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94124
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.

Site conditions & market — San Francisco 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)617,513
IT / tech employment19,842
Construction employment22,864
Land value$48,425/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate21.45¢/kWh
Industrial power rate23.47¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply67.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers13 · 60% 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 Hunters Point — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
San Francisco Electric Reliability Projnatural gas plant1523.6 mi—
Dynegy Oakland Power Plantoil plant757.3 mi—
Valero Refinery Cogeneration Unit 2natural gas plant5127.1 mi—
San Francisco Intl Airport Ct Projectnatural gas plant486.8 mi—
Richmond Cogennatural gas plant4314.4 mi—
Phillips 66 Carbon Plantoil plant2721.4 mi—
Richmond Refinery TG800natural gas plant2113.7 mi—
MCE Solar One (Chevron Richmond Refinery)former landfill site1115.2 micleanup_complete

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 Hunters Point, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Hunters Point
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Hunters PointBrownfieldCASan Mateo County115 kV427 MW5.7 yrs61.3
EMBARCADEROSubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs59.5
MARTINSubstation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.4
S.L.A.C.Substation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.2
EASTSHORESubstation-AdjacentCAAlameda County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.1
Juniper Networks SunnyvaleBrownfieldCAAlameda County115 kV1 MW5.7 yrs58.1
RAVENSWOODSubstation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs57.4
STATION GSubstation-AdjacentCAMarin County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs57.3

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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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