Southside Generating Station

Brownfield

Jacksonville, Duval, Florida · JEA

Legacy capacity
232
MW

Southside Generating Station is a oil plant in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, retired 2001-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 232 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity232 MW
Retirement date2001-10-01
EIA plant ID#668

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation5.5 mi
OperatorJEA
Operator address801 Colorado Avenue, Jacksonville, FL, 32207
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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 Southside Generating Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Southside Generating Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BARTRAMSubstation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs75.6
SWITZERLANDSubstation-AdjacentFLClay County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs75.2
UNKNOWN120521Substation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs75.0
UNKNOWN120519Substation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs74.1
UNKNOWN120554Substation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs74.1
FORT CAROLINESubstation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs73.5
SPRINGBANKSubstation-AdjacentFLClay County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.4
TAP161532Substation-AdjacentFLDuval County230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs73.2

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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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