Dow St Charles Operations

Brownfield

Taft, St Charles, Louisiana · Dow Chemical Co - St Charles

Legacy capacity
20
MW

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

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity20 MW
Retirement date2009-03-01
EIA plant ID#50152

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
OperatorDow Chemical Co - St Charles
Operator addressHighway 3142, Taft, LA, 70057
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Dow St Charles Operations, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Dow St Charles Operations
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN112635Substation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs72.8
DERBIGNYSubstation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs72.6
JOLIETSubstation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs72.2
TAP143185Substation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs71.8
MARKET STREET 230 KVSubstation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs71.8
TAP167047Substation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs71.1
TAP167048Substation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs70.7
TAP167041Substation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs70.5

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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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