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San Gorgonio 1

Brownfield

Banning, Riverside, California · Southern California Edison Co

Legacy capacity
2
MW

San Gorgonio 1 is a former hydro site in Banning, Riverside, California, retired 2001-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 capacity2 MW
Retirement date2001-06-01
EIA plant ID#7148

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator addressBanning Canyon, Banning, CA, 92220
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 San Gorgonio 1 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Mountainview Generating Stationnatural gas plant13122.3 mi—
Diamond Valley Lakeformer hydro site1027.1 mi—
Energy Centernatural gas plant217.7 mi—
Loma Linda University Cogennatural gas plant122.4 mi—
Amazon San Bernardinonatural gas plant122.6 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 San Gorgonio 1, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near San Gorgonio 1
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
INLAND EMPIRESubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs59.5
VALLEYSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs59.5
SAN BERNARDINOSubstation-AdjacentCAOrange County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs58.1
Amazon San BernardinoBrownfieldCAOrange County500 kV1 MW5.7 yrs55.7
DEVERSSubstation-AdjacentCARiverside County500 kV1,000 MW8.2 yrs54.9
OZ RiversideGreenfieldCARiverside——5.7 yrs52.6
OZ RiversideGreenfieldCARiverside——5.7 yrs52.1
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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