Cherokee
BrownfieldDenver, Adams, Colorado · Public Service Co of Colorado
Cherokee is a coal plant in Denver, Adams, Colorado, retired 2015-08-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 421 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 — Adams 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 Cherokee — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe | coal plant | 241 | 9.7 mi | — |
| Valmont | coal plant | 192 | 19.3 mi | — |
| Zuni | natural gas plant | 115 | 5.6 mi | — |
| Boulder Canyon Hydro | former hydro site | 20 | 23.8 mi | — |
| Belmar Mixed-Use Development | former brownfield site | 2 | 11.1 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Front Range Project | natural gas plant | 2 | 15.5 mi | — |
| Boulder Cowdery Meadows Solar Array | former landfill site | 1 | 21.4 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Aurora/Arapahoe Solar Array | former brownfield site | 1 | 14.6 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 Cherokee, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEROKEE | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 68.6 |
| UNDERGROUND TAP | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 66.2 |
| ARAPAHOE | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 66.1 |
| EC Near Zuni | Greenfield | CO | Denver | — | — | 1.7 yrs | 65.9 |
| ELATI | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 65.9 |
| LACOMBE | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 65.9 |
| TOWER | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 65.9 |
| PICADILLY | Substation-Adjacent | CO | Denver County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 6.9 yrs | 65.8 |
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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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