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Manatee County LFGTE

Brownfield

Bradenton, Manatee, Florida · Manatee County Utilities Department

Legacy capacity
2
MW

Manatee County LFGTE is a natural gas plant in Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, retired 2019-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 capacity2 MW
Retirement date2019-11-01
EIA plant ID#59142

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.6 mi
Operator address3415 Lena Rd, Bradenton, FL, 34211
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 — Manatee 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)127,788
IT / tech employment157
Construction employment12,331
Land value$9,523/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.76¢/kWh
Industrial power rate11.01¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply42.8 MGD
Industrial water use0.3 MGD
Cooling degree days3,500
Mean annual temp72°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers6 · 75% 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 Manatee County LFGTE — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Big Bendcoal plant1,06622.7 mi—
P L Bartowoil plant49428.5 mi—
Tampa Electric Co NA 3natural gas plant9922.8 mi—
Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Parkformer landfill site010.7 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 Manatee County LFGTE, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Manatee County LFGTE
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN120373Substation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.6
UNKNOWN127931Substation-AdjacentFLPinellas County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.4
DEADEND167089Substation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.5
RIVERVIEWSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.4
FISHHAWKSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.1
ASPENSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs66.6
EC Near Big BendGreenfieldFLHillsborough——3.6 yrs66.1
RUSKINSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.9

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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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