Walter Scott Jr Energy Center
BrownfieldCouncil Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa · MidAmerican Energy Co
Walter Scott Jr Energy Center is a coal plant in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, retired 2015-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 131 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 — Pottawattamie 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 Walter Scott Jr Energy Center — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Calhoun | nuclear plant | 502 | 26.5 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 Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTER SCOTT ENERGY CENTER | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Mills County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 69.8 |
| FORT CALHOUN | Substation-Adjacent | NE | Washington County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN131416 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Mills County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN137755 | Substation-Adjacent | IA | Mills County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.5 |
| UNKNOWN131651 | Substation-Adjacent | NE | Sarpy County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.5 |
| UNKNOWN131665 | Substation-Adjacent | NE | Sarpy County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.3 |
| OPPD BLONDO STREET | Substation-Adjacent | NE | Douglas County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.0 |
| OZ Douglas | Greenfield | NE | Douglas | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 65.8 |
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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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