New Orleans
BrownfieldNew Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana · Air Products & Chemicals Inc
New Orleans is a natural gas plant in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, retired 2010-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 31 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 — Orleans 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 New Orleans — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michoud | natural gas plant | 959 | 3.8 mi | — |
| Nine Mile Point | natural gas plant | 351 | 9.5 mi | — |
| A B Paterson | natural gas plant | 149 | 1.9 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 New Orleans, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHOUD STATION | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.3 |
| UNKNOWN112635 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | St. Charles Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.0 |
| EC Near Nine Mile Point | Greenfield | LA | Jefferson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.5 |
| UNKNOWN112652 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.0 |
| DELTA | Substation-Adjacent | LA | Orleans Parish | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.9 |
| UNKNOWN112547 | Substation-Adjacent | LA | St. Tammany 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 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Cogent New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 5 networks
- NOLA BROADBANDGretna · 4 networks
- EdgeConneX New Orleans (EDCSLI01)Slidell, LA · 0 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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