Big Cajun 2
BrownfieldNew Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana · Louisiana Generating LLC
Big Cajun 2 is a coal plant in New Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 730 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 — Pointe Coupee Parish
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 Big Cajun 2 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Francisville Mill | natural gas plant | 45 | 2.9 mi | — |
| Formosa Plastics | natural gas plant | 38 | 19.1 mi | — |
Derived from GridCensus's retired-generator & EPA brownfield dataset. Not a substitute for an ASTM E1527 Phase I environmental radius report.
Get alerts
Track Big Cajun 2
Get an email when its DC-readiness score, available capacity, or interconnection-queue status changes.
Nearby datacenter candidate sites
Scored candidate sites near Big Cajun 2, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN112075 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | West Feliciana Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 69.1 |
| WEBRE | Substation-Adjacent | LA | West Baton Rouge Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.1 |
| FANCY POINT | Substation-Adjacent | LA | West Feliciana Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.7 |
| OAK VILLA | Substation-Adjacent | LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.5 |
| HAZEL | Substation-Adjacent | LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.4 |
| UNKNOWN112497 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.3 |
| UNKNOWN111776 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | East Baton Rouge Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| TIGER | Substation-Adjacent | LA | West Baton Rouge Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.8 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- DartPoints Baton Rouge, LA - BTR1Baton Rouge, LA · 4 networks
- Venyu BTR1Baton Rouge, LA · 2 networks
- DartPoints Baton Rouge, LA - BTR2Baton Rouge, LA · 1 networks
See all datacenter sites in Louisiana →
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.
Go deeper than the public screen
This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Big Cajun 2, New Roads, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana. 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.