Dow St Charles Operations
BrownfieldTaft, St Charles, Louisiana · Dow Chemical Co - St Charles
Dow St Charles Operations is a natural gas plant in Taft, St Charles, Louisiana, retired 2009-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 20 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Dow St Charles Operations — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford 1 & 2 | natural gas plant | 446 | 2.3 mi | — |
| Nine Mile Point | natural gas plant | 351 | 17.9 mi | — |
| Little Gypsy | natural gas plant | 248 | 1.8 mi | — |
| Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operations | natural gas plant | 32 | 14.4 mi | — |
| Thibodaux | natural gas plant | 21 | 25.6 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 Dow St Charles Operations, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN112635 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | St. Charles Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.0 |
| WATERFORD 500KV | Substation-Adjacent | LA | St. Charles Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.7 |
| EC Near Nine Mile Point | Greenfield | LA | Jefferson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.5 |
| UNKNOWN112611 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | St. Charles Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.1 |
| DELTA | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| DERBIGNY | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| UNKNOWN113056 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.8 |
| TAP143186 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Cogent New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 5 networks
- NOLA BROADBANDGretna · 4 networks
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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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