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Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale

Brownfield

Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California · Bloom Energy

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale is a natural gas plant in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, retired 2022-01-01. 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2022-01-01
EIA plant ID#57808

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.3 mi
OperatorBloom Energy
Operator address1111 Lockheed Martin Way, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089
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 — Santa Clara 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)1,025,254
IT / tech employment13,228
Construction employment51,935
Land value$13,303/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate28.22¢/kWh
Industrial power rate21.85¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply194.6 MGD
Industrial water use12.5 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers18 · 49% 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 Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Hunters Pointnatural gas plant42729.7 mi—
San Francisco Electric Reliability Projnatural gas plant15232.3 mi—
Dynegy Oakland Power Plantoil plant7529.9 mi—
San Francisco Intl Airport Ct Projectnatural gas plant4824.8 mi—
SJ/SC WPCPnatural gas plant124.7 mi—
Santa Clara Cogennatural gas plant85.7 mi—
Waste Management Tri-Cities LFGTEnatural gas plant56.3 mi—
City of Palo Altonatural gas plant44.8 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 Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Lockheed Martin Sunnyvale
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
METCALF 1Substation-AdjacentCASanta Clara County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs61.9
Hunters PointBrownfieldCASan Mateo County115 kV427 MW5.7 yrs61.3
EMBARCADEROSubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs59.5
NEWARK DISTRIBUTIONSubstation-AdjacentCAAlameda County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.9
MARTINSubstation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.4
S.L.A.C.Substation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.2
Juniper Networks SunnyvaleBrownfieldCAAlameda County115 kV1 MW5.7 yrs58.1
EASTSHORESubstation-AdjacentCAAlameda County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs58.1

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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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