Whiting Refinery
BrownfieldWhiting, Lake, Indiana · BP PLC
Whiting Refinery is a natural gas plant in Whiting, Lake, Indiana, retired 2011-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 10 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 — Lake 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 Whiting Refinery — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford | coal plant | 805 | 16.6 mi | — |
| Bailly | coal plant | 641 | 18.6 mi | — |
| Dean H Mitchell | coal plant | 538 | 4.4 mi | — |
| Southeast Chicago Energy Project | natural gas plant | 407 | 4.7 mi | — |
| Fisk Street | coal plant | 374 | 15.3 mi | — |
| Calumet | natural gas plant | 278 | 4.4 mi | — |
| Bloom | oil plant | 152 | 33.4 mi | — |
| 4 AC Station | coal plant | 135 | 2.9 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 Whiting Refinery, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN122269 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 71.9 |
| UNKNOWN124436 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 71.1 |
| UNKNOWN122285 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.6 |
| UNKNOWN124699 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.6 |
| BURNHAM | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.8 |
| LANSING | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Lake County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN122289 | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| BLUE ISLAND | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Cook County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.6 |
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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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