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DuPont Newport

Brownfield

Newport, Delaware

Legacy capacity
1
MW

DuPont Newport is a former superfund site in Newport, Delaware. 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 superfund site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW
Acreage112 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former superfund 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 DuPont Newport — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Eddystone Generating Stationcoal plant70718.0 mi—
Deepwaternatural gas plant6835.5 mi—
Mickleton Stationnatural gas plant7120.1 mi—
Chester Operationsoil plant6715.9 mi—
North and South Peninsulaformer manufacturing site24.3 micleanup_complete
Whitemarsh Central Utility Plantnatural gas plant232.7 mi—
Delaware City Plantnatural gas plant18.9 mi—
SECCRA Community Landfillnatural gas plant116.4 mi—

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 DuPont Newport, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near DuPont Newport
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
RED LIONSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.9
KEENEYSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.9
UNKNOWN130225Substation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs70.1
EDDYSTONESubstation-AdjacentPADelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.7
McKees Solar ParkBrownfieldDENew Castle—0 MW3.8 yrs69.4
UNKNOWN128234Substation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.1
CLAYMONTSubstation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.9
DuPont NewportBrownfieldDENew Castle—1 MW3.8 yrs68.7

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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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