Joliet 9
BrownfieldJoliet, Will, Illinois · Midwest Generations EME LLC
Joliet 9 is a natural gas plant in Joliet, Will, Illinois, retired 2023-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 508 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 — Will 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 Joliet 9 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collins | natural gas plant | 2,650 | 17.6 mi | — |
| Joliet 29 | natural gas plant | 1,320 | 0.5 mi | — |
| Will County | coal plant | 1,269 | 10.1 mi | — |
| Crawford | coal plant | 805 | 30.8 mi | — |
| Electric Junction | natural gas plant | 304 | 23.6 mi | — |
| Lombard | oil plant | 133 | 27.6 mi | — |
| Lockport Powerhouse | former hydro site | 16 | 5.6 mi | — |
| Prairie View IL | natural gas plant | 5 | 10.4 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 Joliet 9, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN122269 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 71.4 |
| PLANO (765 KV) | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Kendall County | 765 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.9 |
| JOLIET | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Will County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.7 |
| UNKNOWN124699 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.1 |
| ELECTRIC LIGHT 345 KV | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.1 |
| LISLE | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| TAP138253 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| UNKNOWN122226 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | DuPage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
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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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