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Sugar Creek Power

Brownfield

West Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana · Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co

Legacy capacity
509
MW

Sugar Creek Power is a natural gas plant in West Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 509 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity509 MW
EIA plant ID#55364

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address5900 Darwin Rd., West Terre Haute, IN, 47885
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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 — Vigo 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)38,636
Construction employment2,118
Land value$5,886/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.99¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.65¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply12.2 MGD
Industrial water use1.6 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp52°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index32.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers7 · 81% 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 Sugar Creek Power — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Wabash Rivercoal plant86810.5 mi—
Wabash Valley Power IGCCoil plant11310.5 mi—
Marshall (IL)oil plant19.3 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 Sugar Creek Power, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Sugar Creek Power
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN124618Substation-AdjacentINVigo County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.6
SULLIVANSubstation-AdjacentINSullivan County765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs64.5
UNKNOWN124442Substation-AdjacentINVigo County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs62.8
UNKNOWN124759Substation-AdjacentINVigo County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs62.6
MEROM STATIONSubstation-AdjacentINSullivan County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs62.0
BREEDSubstation-AdjacentINSullivan County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs62.0
OZ EdgarGreenfieldILEdgar——4.6 yrs61.4
UNKNOWN124449Substation-AdjacentINVigo County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs61.0

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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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