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Gobnob Wind Turbine Project

Brownfield

Farmersville, Illinois

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Gobnob Wind Turbine Project is a former mine site in Farmersville, Illinois. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 useformer mine site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW
Acreage14 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation6.9 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former mine site 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 brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Gobnob Wind Turbine Project — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Coffeencoal plant1,00529.6 mi—
Dallmancoal plant38821.9 mi—
Lakesidecoal plant7522.1 mi—
Archer Daniels Midland Taylorvillenatural gas plant521.8 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 Gobnob Wind Turbine Project, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Gobnob Wind Turbine Project
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
COFFEENSubstation-AdjacentILBond County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.4
KINCAID STATIONSubstation-AdjacentILChristian County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.5
AUSTINSubstation-AdjacentILSangamon County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.2
PAWNEESubstation-AdjacentILSangamon County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.1
EC Coal Macoupin CountyGreenfieldILMacoupin County——4.6 yrs60.9
EC Near Archer Daniels Midland TaylorvilleGreenfieldILChristian——4.6 yrs60.4
TAP139415Substation-AdjacentILSangamon County138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs59.9
EC Coal Sangamon CountyGreenfieldILSangamon County——4.6 yrs59.7

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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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