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Tom G Smith

Brownfield

Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida · City of Lake Worth Beach - (FL)

Legacy capacity
48
MW

Tom G Smith is a natural gas plant in Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, retired 2000-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 48 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 capacity48 MW
Retirement date2000-07-01
EIA plant ID#673

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address117 College Avenue, Lake Worth, FL, 33460
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 — Palm Beach 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)597,503
IT / tech employment1,372
Construction employment42,359
Land value$7,732/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.09¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.03¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply238.7 MGD
Industrial water use0.2 MGD
Cooling degree days3,500
Mean annual temp72°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers12 · 64% 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 Tom G Smith — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Rivieraoil plant62110.6 mi—
Wheelabrator North Browardformer waste site6823.1 mi—
Lake Worth Landfillformer landfill site20.7 micleanup_complete

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 Tom G Smith, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Tom G Smith
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DEERFIELD BEACHSubstation-AdjacentFLBroward County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.7
BROWARDSubstation-AdjacentFLBroward County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.6
LAKEVIEWSubstation-AdjacentFLBroward County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.6
UNKNOWN120148Substation-AdjacentFLPalm Beach County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.5
YAMATOSubstation-AdjacentFLPalm Beach County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.4
CLINTMOORESubstation-AdjacentFLPalm Beach County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.3
CORBETTSubstation-AdjacentFLPalm Beach County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs68.1
DELMARSubstation-AdjacentFLBroward County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.7

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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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