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Wild Horse Power Plant

Brownfield

Middletown, Sonoma, California · Calpine Corporation

Legacy capacity
48
MW

Wild Horse Power Plant is a former geothermal site in Middletown, Sonoma, California. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 48 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 capacity48 MW
EIA plant ID#57181

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.4 mi
Operator address10350 Socrates Mine Road, Middletown, CA, 95461
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 — Sonoma 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)180,721
IT / tech employment104
Construction employment16,203
Land value$30,475/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate29.96¢/kWh
Industrial power rate22.93¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.3%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply40.5 MGD
Industrial water use14.5 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index48.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers8 · 23% 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 Wild Horse Power Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Geysers Unit 5-20former geothermal site1106.4 mi—
Buckeye Geothermal Power Plantformer geothermal site571.3 mi—
West Ford Flat Power Plantformer geothermal site386.9 mi—
Bear Canyon Power Plantformer geothermal site249.2 mi—
Cloverdale Solarformer landfill site210.5 micleanup_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 Wild Horse Power Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Wild Horse Power Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
OAKMONT NORTHSubstation-AdjacentCANapa County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs52.1
FULTONSubstation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs51.5
SOCRATES 19Substation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs51.2
WEST FORD FLATSubstation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs50.9
BEAR CANYONSubstation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs50.7
QUICKSILVERSubstation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs49.1
BIG GEYSERSSubstation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs49.1
CALISTOGA 199Substation-AdjacentCASonoma County230 kV300 MW8.2 yrs49.1

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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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