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Waterford 1 & 2

Brownfield

Killona, St Charles, Louisiana · Entergy Louisiana LLC

Legacy capacity
446
MW

Waterford 1 & 2 is a natural gas plant in Killona, St Charles, Louisiana, retired 2024-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 446 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 capacity446 MW
Retirement date2024-03-01
EIA plant ID#8056

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address17705 River Road, Killona, 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 brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Waterford 1 & 2 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Nine Mile Pointnatural gas plant35120.1 mi—
Little Gypsynatural gas plant2481.0 mi—
Atlantic Alumina, Gramercy Operationsnatural gas plant3212.1 mi—
Thibodauxnatural gas plant2124.2 mi—
Dow St Charles Operationsnatural gas plant202.3 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 Waterford 1 & 2, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Waterford 1 & 2
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN112635Substation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs66.0
WATERFORD 500KVSubstation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish500 kV1,000 MW2.8 yrs64.7
UNKNOWN112611Substation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs64.1
DERBIGNYSubstation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs63.9
TAP143186Substation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs63.7
TAP161923Substation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs63.7
JOLIETSubstation-AdjacentLAOrleans Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs63.6
TAP167045Substation-AdjacentLASt. Charles Parish230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs63.2

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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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