Rumble Road Energy Center
BrownfieldSmarr, Monroe, Georgia · Oglethorpe Power Corporation
Rumble Road Energy Center is a natural gas plant in Smarr, Monroe, Georgia. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 660 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Monroe 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
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
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 Rumble Road Energy Center — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scherer | coal plant | 891 | 6.3 mi | — |
| Arkwright | natural gas plant | 214 | 9.1 mi | — |
| YKK USA Chestney | oil plant | 5 | 21.0 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 Rumble Road Energy Center, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN115783 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Monroe County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 72.0 |
| UNKNOWN116001 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Spalding County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.1 |
| UNKNOWN112365 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Jasper County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.9 |
| UNKNOWN158160 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Putnam County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.7 |
| UNKNOWN113560 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Crawford County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.5 |
| UNKNOWN113537 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Twiggs County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.4 |
| UNKNOWN115738 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Lamar County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.6 |
| UNKNOWN114837 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Bibb County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.1 |
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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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