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Crawfordsville Power Plant

Brownfield

Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana · Crawfordsville Energy LLC

Legacy capacity
24
MW

Crawfordsville Power Plant is a coal plant in Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, retired 2023-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 24 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity24 MW
Retirement date2023-02-01
EIA plant ID#1024

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address700 Lafayette Road, Crawfordsville, IN, 47933
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal plant 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.

Site conditions & market — Montgomery 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

Total employment (laborshed)13,472
Construction employment644
Land value$8,819/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.64¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.72¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply3.6 MGD
Industrial water use0.6 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp52°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index32.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers8 · 89% served

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 Crawfordsville Power Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Caterpillaroil plant1925.6 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 Crawfordsville Power Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Crawfordsville Power Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN123368Substation-AdjacentINTippecanoe County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs67.2
LAFAYETTE 230Substation-AdjacentINTippecanoe County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs66.6
OZ TippecanoeGreenfieldINTippecanoe——3.0 yrs64.1
OZ TippecanoeGreenfieldINTippecanoe——3.0 yrs63.8
EC Near CaterpillarGreenfieldINTippecanoe——3.0 yrs63.7
LAFAYETTE CATEPILLARSubstation-AdjacentINTippecanoe County138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs63.7
AMOSubstation-AdjacentINHendricks County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs63.6
NUCORSubstation-AdjacentINMontgomery County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs63.3

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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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