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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
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.

Site conditions & market — Pasco 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)124,557
IT / tech employment127
Construction employment11,498
Land value$12,190/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.63¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.76¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply61.1 MGD
Industrial water use0.3 MGD
Cooling degree days3,500
Mean annual temp72°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers7 · 82% 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 Shady Hills Generating Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Higginsnatural gas plant15325.9 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 Shady Hills Generating Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Shady Hills Generating Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
LAKE TARPONSubstation-AdjacentFLPinellas County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs71.2
JUNEAUSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.0
DAVISSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.9
EC Near Tampa Electric Co NA 2GreenfieldFLHillsborough——3.6 yrs68.9
STADIUMSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.0
SHELDON ROADSubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.9
CHAPMANSubstation-AdjacentFLPasco County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.7
THONOTOSASSASubstation-AdjacentFLHillsborough County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.6

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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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