Shady Hills Generating Station

Brownfield

Shady Hills, Pasco, Florida · Shady Hills Power Co LLC

Legacy capacity
518
MW

Shady Hills Generating Station is a natural gas plant in Shady Hills, Pasco, Florida. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 518 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 capacity518 MW
EIA plant ID#55414

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
OperatorShady Hills Power Co LLC
Operator address14240 Merchant Energy Way, Shady Hills, FL, 34610
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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Shady Hills Generating Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Shady Hills Generating Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
LAKE TARPONSubstation-AdjacentFLPasco County500 kV1,000 MW3.6 yrs79.2
JUNEAUSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs76.4
BROOKRIDGESubstation-AdjacentFLHernando County500 kV1,000 MW3.6 yrs75.5
UNKNOWN120308Substation-AdjacentFLPinellas County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.9
ANCLOTESubstation-AdjacentFLPinellas County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.9
UNKNOWN120342Substation-AdjacentFLPinellas County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.3
TAP151120Substation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County138 kV100 MW3.6 yrs73.1
DALE MABRYSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.0

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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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