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Riverside (GA)

Brownfield

Savannah, Chatham, Georgia · Georgia Power Co

Legacy capacity
106
MW

Riverside (GA) is a natural gas plant in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, retired 2005-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 106 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 capacity106 MW
Retirement date2005-05-01
EIA plant ID#734

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator addressRiver Street and MLK Boulevard, Savannah, GA, 31402
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 — Chatham 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)151,231
Construction employment7,690
Land value$4,753/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.45¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.55¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow-Medium
Public water supply28.1 MGD
Industrial water use40.8 MGD
Cooling degree days2,200
Mean annual temp64°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index40.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers13 · 72% 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 Riverside (GA) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Kraftcoal plant3525.4 mi—
McIntoshcoal plant17819.3 mi—
International Paper Savanna Millcoal plant532.0 mi—
Boulevardnatural gas plant474.1 mi—
Burtonnatural gas plant3532.7 mi—
Hardeevilleoil plant1614.9 mi—
Deptford Landfillformer landfill site16.4 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 Riverside (GA), ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Riverside (GA)
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BLANDFORDSubstation-AdjacentGAEffingham County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs69.1
WEST MCINTOSHSubstation-AdjacentGAEffingham County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs69.1
KRAFTSubstation-AdjacentGAChatham County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.9
TAP170160Substation-AdjacentSCJasper County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.6
UNKNOWN121080Substation-AdjacentSCJasper County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.6
McIntoshBrownfieldGAJasper County230 kV178 MW1.0 yrs65.5
MELDRIMSubstation-AdjacentGABryan County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.3
TAP142379Substation-AdjacentSCBeaufort County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.0

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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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