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Telephone Flat

Brownfield

Siskiyou, California · Calpine Corporation

Legacy capacity
50
MW

Telephone Flat is a former geothermal site in Siskiyou, California. 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

Former useformer geothermal site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity50 MW
EIA plant ID#55846

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation18.1 mi
Operator addressHighway 139 and County Road 97, n/a, CA, 96097
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former geothermal 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 — Siskiyou 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)9,955
Construction employment577
Land value$4,174/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate21.81¢/kWh
Industrial power rate17.56¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply4.6 MGD
Industrial water use2.3 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers5 · 45% 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 Telephone Flat — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Four Mile Hillformer geothermal site503.8 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 Telephone Flat, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Telephone Flat
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN202617Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs44.3
UNKNOWN202645Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs44.3
TAP203354Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs44.2
CLEAR LAKESubstation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs44.1
TAP308037Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs44.0
TAP203353Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs43.9
UNKNOWN202614Substation-AdjacentCAModoc County69 kV50 MW8.2 yrs43.8
BVMHS Mill - Log Pond & Log DeckIndustrialCASiskiyou County——8.2 yrs41.8

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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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