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Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II

Brownfield

Auburndale, Polk, Florida · Cutrale Citrus Juices USA Inc

Legacy capacity
17
MW

Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II is a natural gas plant in Auburndale, Polk, Florida, retired 2015-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 17 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity17 MW
Retirement date2015-12-01
EIA plant ID#10188

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address602 McKean Street, Auburndale, FL, 33823
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant 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 — Polk 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)230,379
IT / tech employment88
Construction employment14,951
Land value$7,140/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.13¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.75¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply67.5 MGD
Industrial water use29.5 MGD
Cooling degree days3,500
Mean annual temp72°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers12 · 60% 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 Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Polknatural gas plant1,85925.4 mi—
Hines Energy Complexnatural gas plant1,03418.9 mi—
C D McIntosh Jrcoal plant8817.8 mi—
Hanselnatural gas plant7328.8 mi—
Central Energy Plantnatural gas plant7028.9 mi—
Wheelabrator Ridge Energyformer biomass site463.6 mi—
Larsen Memorialnatural gas plant257.7 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 Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Cutrale Citrus Juices USA II
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
KATHLEENSubstation-AdjacentFLPolk County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs69.9
UNKNOWN120314Substation-AdjacentFLPolk County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.1
CONVENTION CENTERSubstation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.7
UNKNOWN120320Substation-AdjacentFLPolk County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.6
RISER143336Substation-AdjacentFLOrange County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.5
SOUTH ELOISESubstation-AdjacentFLPolk County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.4
OZ PolkGreenfieldFLPolk——3.6 yrs67.0
UNKNOWN108701Substation-AdjacentFLPolk County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.0

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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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