West County Wastewater District

Brownfield

Richmond, California

Legacy capacity
1
MW

West County Wastewater District is a former brownfield site in Richmond, California. 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 useformer brownfield site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW
Acreage10 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.2 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former brownfield 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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near West County Wastewater District, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near West County Wastewater District
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
MARTINSubstation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs63.4
ROSSMOORSubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs62.7
EMBARCADEROSubstation-AdjacentCAContra Costa County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs62.4
CASTRO VALLEYSubstation-AdjacentCAAlameda County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs62.4
POTREROSubstation-AdjacentCASan Mateo County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs62.1
San Francisco Electric Reliability ProjBrownfieldCAContra Costa—152 MW—61.9
CASTRO VALLEY TAPSubstation-AdjacentCAAlameda County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs61.8
LAKEVILLESubstation-AdjacentCAMarin County230 kV300 MW5.7 yrs61.6

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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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