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Wabash River

Brownfield

Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana · Duke Energy Indiana, LLC

Legacy capacity
868
MW

Wabash River is a coal plant in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, retired 2016-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 868 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 capacity868 MW
Retirement date2016-12-01
EIA plant ID#1010

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address450 Bolton Rd, Terre Haute, IN, 47885
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 — 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 Wabash River — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Sugar Creek Powernatural gas plant50910.5 mi—
Wabash Valley Power IGCCoil plant1130.0 mi—
Marshall (IL)oil plant116.8 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 Wabash River, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Wabash River
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN124618Substation-AdjacentINVigo County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.2
SULLIVANSubstation-AdjacentINSullivan County765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs63.2
UNKNOWN124442Substation-AdjacentINVigo County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs61.7
UNKNOWN124759Substation-AdjacentINVigo County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs61.3
UNKNOWN124552Substation-AdjacentINVermillion County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs60.8
UNKNOWN124551Substation-AdjacentINVermillion County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs60.8
BREEDSubstation-AdjacentINSullivan County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs60.7
OZ EdgarGreenfieldILEdgar——4.6 yrs60.0

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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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