Wood River
BrownfieldAlton, Madison, Illinois · Dynegy Midwest Generation Inc
Wood River is a coal plant in Alton, Madison, Illinois, retired 2016-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 650 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 — Madison 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 Wood River — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice | oil plant | 512 | 14.0 mi | — |
| Stallings | natural gas plant | 95 | 10.3 mi | — |
| Belleville Landfill Project | former landfill site | 13 | 25.2 mi | cleanup_complete |
| American Bottoms Solar Project | former power_plant site | 2 | 19.4 mi | cleanup_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 Wood River, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bottoms Solar Project | Brownfield | MO | St. Louis | 345 kV | 2 MW | 3.8 yrs | 70.2 |
| CAHOKIA | Substation-Adjacent | IL | St. Louis city | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.2 |
| TAP139481 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | St. Louis city | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.2 |
| STALLINGS | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Madison County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.0 |
| ROXFORD | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Madison County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| UNKNOWN121705 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | St. Louis city | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.4 |
| TURKEY HILL | Substation-Adjacent | IL | St. Clair County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.6 |
| OZ St. Clair | Greenfield | IL | St. Clair | — | — | 4.6 yrs | 65.5 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Netrality St. Louis - 900 WalnutSt. Louis, MO · 42 networks
- Netrality St. Louis - 210 N TuckerSt. Louis, MO · 41 networks
- H5 Data Centers St. Louis (MO01)St. Louis, MO · 3 networks
- TierPoint St. Louis - WalnutSt. Louis, MO · 3 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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