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Nearman Creek

Brownfield

Kansas, Wyandotte, Kansas · City of Kansas City - (KS)

Legacy capacity
316
MW

Nearman Creek is a coal plant in Kansas, Wyandotte, Kansas. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 316 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity316 MW
EIA plant ID#6064

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address4240 North 55th St, Kansas, KS, 66104
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Wyandotte 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)76,819
IT / tech employment104
Construction employment4,864
Land value$9,876/acre
Datacenter tax incentiveproperty_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.42¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.74¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressMedium-High
Public water supply62.1 MGD
Industrial water use0.1 MGD
Cooling degree days1,400
Mean annual temp55°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index35.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers9 · 91% 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 Nearman Creek — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Blue Valleynatural gas plant17620.6 mi—
Grand Avenuenatural gas plant838.1 mi—
Missouri Citycoal plant4621.3 mi—
Kansas City Internationalnatural gas plant368.9 mi—
Quindaronatural gas plant183.4 mi—
Armour Roadformer superfund site07.4 micleanup_complete

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 Nearman Creek, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Nearman Creek
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
HAWTHORNESubstation-AdjacentMOJackson County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs68.1
CRAIGSubstation-AdjacentKSJohnson County345 kV600 MW3.3 yrs67.5
UNKNOWN118616Substation-AdjacentKSJohnson County345 kV600 MW3.3 yrs67.1
EC Near Nearman CreekGreenfieldKSWyandotte——3.5 yrs66.5
STILWELLSubstation-AdjacentKSJohnson County345 kV600 MW3.3 yrs66.2
EC Near Grand AvenueGreenfieldMOJackson——1.4 yrs66.1
EC Near Grand AvenueGreenfieldMOJackson——1.4 yrs65.9
OZ JacksonGreenfieldMOJackson——1.4 yrs65.8

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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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