University of California Santa Cruz
BrownfieldSanta Cruz, Santa Cruz, California · University of California Santa Cruz
University of California Santa Cruz is a natural gas plant in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, retired 2013-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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 — Santa Cruz 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 University of California Santa Cruz — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant Hybrid | natural gas plant | 1,404 | 20.5 mi | — |
| Santa Clara Cogen | natural gas plant | 8 | 26.0 mi | — |
| Marina Landfill Gas | natural gas plant | 3 | 25.6 mi | — |
| SC 1 Data Center, Phase 2 | oil plant | 2 | 25.8 mi | — |
| Extreme Via Del Oro | natural gas plant | 1 | 22.5 mi | — |
| Xilinx San Jose | natural gas plant | 1 | 18.9 mi | — |
| Extreme San Ignacio | natural gas plant | 1 | 22.4 mi | — |
| National Semiconductor Corp. | former superfund site | 0 | 26.7 mi | cleanup_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 University of California Santa Cruz, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METCALF 1 | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Santa Clara County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 59.6 |
| MOSS LANDING | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Santa Cruz County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 8.2 yrs | 59.4 |
| Extreme San Ignacio | Brownfield | CA | Santa Clara County | 115 kV | 1 MW | 5.7 yrs | 55.9 |
| SC 1 Data Center, Phase 2 | Brownfield | CA | Santa Clara County | 60 kV | 2 MW | 5.7 yrs | 55.9 |
| MONTA VISTA (UPPER) | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Mateo County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 55.0 |
| S.L.A.C. TAP | Substation-Adjacent | CA | San Mateo County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.6 |
| VASONA | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Santa Clara County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.1 |
| SARATOGA | Substation-Adjacent | CA | Santa Clara County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 8.2 yrs | 54.0 |
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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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