Sanford
BrownfieldDeBary, Volusia, Florida · Florida Power & Light Co
Sanford is a oil plant in DeBary, Volusia, Florida, retired 2012-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 156 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 — Volusia 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 Sanford — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis H Stanton Energy Center | coal plant | 329 | 26.3 mi | — |
| G E Turner | oil plant | 181 | 3.7 mi | — |
| DeBary | oil plant | 67 | 4.3 mi | — |
| Rio Pinar | oil plant | 19 | 21.2 mi | — |
| Kenneth P. Ksionek Community Solar Farm at the Stanton Energy Center (SEC) | former landfill site | 13 | 25.7 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Smith Street | oil plant | 12 | 25.1 mi | — |
| W E Swoope | oil plant | 4 | 25.1 mi | — |
| Seminole Energy | natural gas plant | 2 | 14.8 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 Sanford, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN120236 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.4 |
| SKY LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.4 |
| UNKNOWN120225 | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.6 |
| ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.6 |
| OZ Orange | Greenfield | FL | Orange | — | — | 3.6 yrs | 67.5 |
| SOUTHWOOD | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.5 |
| STANTON | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.4 |
| PINE HILLS | Substation-Adjacent | FL | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.4 |
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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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