Paramount Refinery
BrownfieldParamount, Los Angeles, California · Paramount Petroleum Corporation
Paramount Refinery is a natural gas plant in Paramount, Los Angeles, California, retired 2022-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 7 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 — Los Angeles 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 Paramount Refinery — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes | natural gas plant | 1,146 | 9.8 mi | — |
| AES Alamitos LLC | natural gas plant | 940 | 9.5 mi | — |
| Scattergood | natural gas plant | 843 | 15.9 mi | — |
| AES Huntington Beach LLC | natural gas plant | 803 | 20.3 mi | — |
| Valley (CA) | natural gas plant | 546 | 27.5 mi | — |
| Long Beach Generation LLC | natural gas plant | 335 | 10.3 mi | — |
| Grayson | natural gas plant | 297 | 19.1 mi | — |
| Broadway (CA) | natural gas plant | 167 | 15.6 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 Paramount Refinery, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATION L (SCATTERGOOD) | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Los Angeles County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 62.6 |
| Broadway (CA) | Brownfield | CA | Los Angeles County | 66 kV | 167 MW | 5.7 yrs | 62.4 |
| STATION E (TOLUCA) | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Los Angeles County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 62.1 |
| STATION M(VALLEY) | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Los Angeles County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 61.5 |
| AIRWAY | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Los Angeles County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 61.0 |
| HAYNES | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 60.6 |
| HUNTINGTON BEACH | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 60.6 |
| RINALDI | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Los Angeles County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 60.5 |
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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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