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Dreher Pickle Plant

Brownfield

Fort Collins, Colorado

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Dreher Pickle Plant is a former power_plant site in Fort Collins, Colorado. 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 power_plant site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.9 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former power_plant 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 brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Dreher Pickle Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Coyote Ridge Solarformer landfill site20.0 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 Dreher Pickle Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Dreher Pickle Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN203998Substation-AdjacentCOLaramie County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs64.7
RAWHIDESubstation-AdjacentCOLarimer County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs62.1
AULTSubstation-AdjacentCOWeld County345 kV600 MW6.9 yrs61.6
LONGS PEAKSubstation-AdjacentCOBroomfield County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs61.0
BOYDSubstation-AdjacentCOBoulder County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs60.8
FORT ST VRAINSubstation-AdjacentCOBroomfield County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs60.4
TIMBERLINESubstation-AdjacentCOLarimer County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs60.3
HORSESHOESubstation-AdjacentCOLarimer County230 kV300 MW6.9 yrs60.3

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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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