Fair Station
BrownfieldMuscatine, Muscatine, Iowa · Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Fair Station is a coal plant in Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, retired 2013-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 63 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 — Muscatine 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 Fair Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | natural gas plant | 141 | 20.2 mi | — |
| Muscatine Plant #1 | coal plant | 18 | 12.9 mi | — |
| Tipton | natural gas plant | 3 | 27.0 mi | — |
| Durant | oil plant | 2 | 10.9 mi | — |
| Wilton | oil plant | 1 | 13.6 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 Fair Station, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN131382 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN131604 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.1 |
| OAK GROVE | Substation-Adjacent | IL | Rock Island County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| SUB 91 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| UNKNOWN131605 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Rock Island County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.7 |
| EC Coal Scott County | Greenfield | IA | Scott County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.4 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | IA | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Riverside | Greenfield | IA | Scott | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.6 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- SFN IA-DavenportDavenport, IA · 19 networks
- Bluebird Quad Cities Data CenterBettendorf, IA · 9 networks
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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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Fair Station, Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.