Central Energy Plant
BrownfieldLake Buena Vista, Orange, Florida · Central Florida Tourism Oversight District
Central Energy Plant is a natural gas plant in Lake Buena Vista, Orange, Florida, retired 2024-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 70 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 — Orange 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 Central Energy Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C D McIntosh Jr | coal plant | 881 | 31.7 mi | — |
| Hansel | natural gas plant | 73 | 14.1 mi | — |
| Wheelabrator Ridge Energy | former biomass site | 46 | 32.0 mi | — |
| St Cloud | natural gas plant | 30 | 21.8 mi | — |
| Larsen Memorial | natural gas plant | 25 | 33.4 mi | — |
| Rio Pinar | oil plant | 19 | 21.4 mi | — |
| Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II | natural gas plant | 17 | 28.9 mi | — |
| Kenneth P. Ksionek Community Solar Farm at the Stanton Energy Center (SEC) | former landfill site | 13 | 16.6 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 Central Energy Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN120314 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Polk County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.4 |
| SKY LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.4 |
| UNKNOWN120236 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.4 |
| CONVENTION CENTER | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.3 |
| RISER143336 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.2 |
| ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN120225 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.6 |
| MEADOW WOODS SOUTH | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.5 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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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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