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Greenfield Light Plant

Brownfield

Greenfield, Adair, Iowa · City of Greenfield - (IA)

Legacy capacity
6
MW

Greenfield Light Plant is a oil plant in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, retired 2018-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 6 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 capacity6 MW
Retirement date2018-12-01
EIA plant ID#1144

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.9 mi
Operator address207 S 1st Street, Greenfield, IA, 50849
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 — Adair 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)2,574
Construction employment313
Land value$7,226/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.42¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.19¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.2%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply0.7 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp48°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers8 · 60% 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 Greenfield Light Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Summit Lakenatural gas plant2714.4 mi—
Corningoil plant126.1 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 Greenfield Light Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Greenfield Light Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROLLING HILLSSubstation-AdjacentIAAdams County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs60.3
EC Near CorningGreenfieldIAAdams——1.4 yrs59.3
EC Near CorningGreenfieldIAAdams——1.4 yrs59.1
EC Near Greenfield Light PlantGreenfieldIAAdair——1.4 yrs59.0
EC Near Greenfield Light PlantGreenfieldIAAdair——1.4 yrs59.0
OZ UnionGreenfieldIAUnion——1.4 yrs59.0
Greenfield (UNKNOWN137755 - GRIMES)GreenfieldIAMadison County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs58.9
EC Near Summit LakeGreenfieldIAUnion——1.4 yrs58.6

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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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