Suwannee River

Brownfield

Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida · Duke Energy Florida, LLC

Legacy capacity
147
MW

Suwannee River is a natural gas plant in Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, retired 2016-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 147 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 capacity147 MW
Retirement date2016-12-01
EIA plant ID#638

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
OperatorDuke Energy Florida, LLC
Operator address4037 River Road, Live Oak, FL, 32060
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 Suwannee River, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Suwannee River
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
FORT WHITESubstation-AdjacentFLSuwannee County230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN120444Substation-AdjacentFLHamilton County230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs69.3
UNKNOWN107674Substation-AdjacentFLSuwannee County230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs68.8
UNKNOWN107689Substation-AdjacentGALowndes County115 kV100 MW5.8 yrs68.6
Suwannee RiverBrownfieldFLSuwannee147 MW68.3
UNKNOWN107675Substation-AdjacentFLSuwannee County115 kV100 MW3.6 yrs66.6
UNKNOWN108302Substation-AdjacentFLHamilton County115 kV100 MW5.8 yrs66.4
UNKNOWN128053Substation-AdjacentFLHamilton County115 kV100 MW5.8 yrs66.3

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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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