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R Gallagher

Brownfield

New Albany, Floyd, Indiana · Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

Legacy capacity
600
MW

R Gallagher is a coal plant in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, retired 2021-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 600 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 capacity600 MW
Retirement date2021-06-01
EIA plant ID#1008

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address30 Jackson St, New Albany, IN, 47200
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 — Floyd 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)27,993
Construction employment2,061
Land value$9,135/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.62¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.94¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply1.2 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp52°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index32.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers6 · 65% 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 R Gallagher — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Cane Runcoal plant6616.2 mi—
Mill Creek (KY)coal plant35615.1 mi—
Waterside GTnatural gas plant454.6 mi—
Zornnatural gas plant187.5 mi—
Paddys Runnatural gas plant162.8 mi—
Clark-Floyd Landfill Gas Generatingnatural gas plant413.3 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 R Gallagher, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near R Gallagher
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CANE RUNSubstation-AdjacentKYFloyd County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs69.8
UNKNOWN124909Substation-AdjacentINFloyd County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.4
MILL CREEK STATIONSubstation-AdjacentKYBullitt County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs67.5
MIDDLETOWN 345 KVSubstation-AdjacentKYJefferson County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.0
PADDYS WESTSubstation-AdjacentINFloyd County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.1
CANE RUN SWITCHINGSubstation-AdjacentKYFloyd County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.0
KENZIGSubstation-AdjacentINFloyd County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.9
NORTHSIDESubstation-AdjacentINClark County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.8

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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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