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Sumner

Brownfield

Sumner, BREMER, Iowa · City of Sumner - (IA)

Legacy capacity
6
MW

Sumner is a oil plant in Sumner, BREMER, Iowa, retired 2021-02-01. 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 date2021-02-01
EIA plant ID#1191

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address410 Pleasant St, Sumner, IA, 50674
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 — Bremer 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)7,817
Construction employment464
Land value$9,905/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate18.32¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.56¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.2%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply1.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp48°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers9 · 97% 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 Sumner — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Waverly Municipal Electric North Plantnatural gas plant320.5 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 Sumner, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Sumner
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BLACK HAWKSubstation-AdjacentIABlack Hawk County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs67.2
OZ Black HawkGreenfieldIABlack Hawk——1.4 yrs66.2
HAZLETONSubstation-AdjacentIABuchanan County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs66.1
EC Near Waverly Municipal Electric North PlantGreenfieldIABremer——1.4 yrs65.6
EC Near Waverly Municipal Electric North PlantGreenfieldIABremer——1.4 yrs64.1
UNKNOWN137006Substation-AdjacentIABlack Hawk County161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs63.4
TAP163591Substation-AdjacentIABlack Hawk County161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs63.4
UNKNOWN137007Substation-AdjacentIABlack Hawk County161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs63.4

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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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