Formosa Plastics
BrownfieldBaton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Formosa Plastics Corp
Formosa Plastics is a natural gas plant in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, retired 2010-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 38 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 — East Baton Rouge 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 Formosa Plastics — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Glen | natural gas plant | 2,178 | 16.1 mi | — |
| Big Cajun 2 | coal plant | 730 | 19.1 mi | — |
| LaO Energy Systems | natural gas plant | 715 | 12.8 mi | — |
| Plaquemine Operations | natural gas plant | 106 | 12.8 mi | — |
| St Francisville Mill | natural gas plant | 45 | 16.7 mi | — |
| Plaquemine | natural gas plant | 44 | 16.1 mi | — |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | natural gas plant | 26 | 20.4 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 Formosa Plastics, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLOW GLEN (500KV) | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Ascension Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 71.7 |
| UNKNOWN112075 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | West Feliciana Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 69.1 |
| COLY | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Livingston Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.8 |
| UNKNOWN149836 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Iberville Parish | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| 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 |
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
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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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