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Durant

Brownfield

Durant, Cedar, Iowa · City of Durant - (IA)

Legacy capacity
2
MW

Durant is a oil plant in Durant, Cedar, Iowa, retired 2018-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 capacity2 MW
Retirement date2018-02-01
EIA plant ID#6220

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.7 mi
Operator address601 4th St, Durant, IA, 52747
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 — Cedar 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)3,929
Construction employment294
Land value$10,621/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.50¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.04¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.2%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply1.0 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp48°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers13 · 88% 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 Durant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Fair Stationcoal plant6310.9 mi—
Muscatine Plant #1coal plant1816.2 mi—
Tiptonnatural gas plant316.4 mi—
Wiltonoil plant15.6 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 Durant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Durant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN131382Substation-AdjacentIAScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs67.6
UNKNOWN131604Substation-AdjacentIAScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs67.1
SUB 91Substation-AdjacentIAScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs67.0
OAK GROVESubstation-AdjacentILRock Island County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs67.0
UNKNOWN131605Substation-AdjacentIARock Island County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs66.7
EC Near RiversideGreenfieldIAScott——1.4 yrs66.0
EC Near RiversideGreenfieldIAScott——1.4 yrs65.3
SUB 92Substation-AdjacentIAMuscatine County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs64.9

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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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