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Alliant SBD 9801 Aegon Martha's Way

Brownfield

Hiawatha, Linn, Iowa · Industrial Energy Applications Inc

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Alliant SBD 9801 Aegon Martha's Way is a oil plant in Hiawatha, Linn, Iowa, retired 2012-04-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2012-04-01
EIA plant ID#56072

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator addressOne Martha's Way, Hiawatha, IA, 52406
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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 — Linn 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)113,359
IT / tech employment643
Construction employment7,482
Land value$10,758/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.22¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.66¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.2%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply41.9 MGD
Industrial water use9.0 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp48°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers22 · 53% 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 Alliant SBD 9801 Aegon Martha's Way — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Sixth Streetcoal plant854.4 mi—
Prairie Creekcoal plant237.6 mi—
Red Cedarnatural gas plant235.5 mi—
University of Iowa Main Power Plantnatural gas plant628.0 mi—
Alliant SBD 8601 Quad Graphicsoil plant425.4 mi—
Alliant SBD 8501 Aegon LIoil plant31.5 mi—
Alliant SBD 9403 Aegon DCoil plant29.2 mi—
Alliant SBD 9302 Aegon NPoil plant11.4 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 Alliant SBD 9801 Aegon Martha's Way, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Alliant SBD 9801 Aegon Martha's Way
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Alliant SBD 9302 Aegon NPBrownfieldIALinn—1 MW2.8 yrs66.9
TIFFINSubstation-AdjacentIAJohnson County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs66.7
EC Near University of Iowa Main Power PlantGreenfieldIAJohnson——1.4 yrs65.8
ARNOLDSubstation-AdjacentIALinn County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs65.6
EC Near Red CedarGreenfieldIALinn——1.4 yrs63.4
EC Coal Linn CountyGreenfieldIALinn County——1.4 yrs63.3
EC Near University of Iowa Main Power PlantGreenfieldIAJohnson——1.4 yrs62.7
EC Coal Linn CountyGreenfieldIALinn County——1.4 yrs62.3

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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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