W R Clayton Plant
BrownfieldWalton, Georgia · Municipal Electric Authority
W R Clayton Plant is a natural gas plant in Walton, Georgia. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 513 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 — Walton 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 W R Clayton Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buford | former hydro site | 86 | 32.3 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 W R Clayton Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH HALL | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Hall County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 71.0 |
| UNKNOWN116232 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 70.5 |
| UNKNOWN116231 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 70.5 |
| UNKNOWN116108 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.3 |
| UNKNOWN116086 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.3 |
| UNKNOWN116106 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.3 |
| UNKNOWN116105 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.1 |
| UNKNOWN116672 | Substation-Adjacent | GA | Gwinnett County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.9 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- Flexential - Atlanta/Alpharetta (ATL3/4)Alpharetta, GA · 1 networks
- Serverfarm ATL1 AtlantaSuwanee, GA · 1 networks
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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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