Green Machine
BrownfieldFt. George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland · Bloom Energy
Green Machine is a natural gas plant in Ft. George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland, retired 2016-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 — Anne Arundel County
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 Green Machine — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside (MD) | natural gas plant | 257 | 16.4 mi | — |
| Notch Cliff | natural gas plant | 144 | 25.8 mi | — |
| Herbert A Wagner | coal plant | 136 | 14.0 mi | — |
| Westport | natural gas plant | 122 | 13.3 mi | — |
| Gould Street | natural gas plant | 104 | 14.1 mi | — |
| NIH Cogeneration Facility | natural gas plant | 22 | 18.9 mi | — |
| Annapolis Renewable Energy Park | former landfill site | 17 | 17.2 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Domino Sugar Baltimore | natural gas plant | 3 | 14.8 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 Green Machine, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAUGH CHAPEL | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Anne Arundel County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.8 |
| BURCHES HILL | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Prince George's County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.1 |
| BRIGHTON | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| BENNING (230KV) | Substation-Adjacent | DC | District of Columbia | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.4 |
| BUZZARD POINT | Substation-Adjacent | DC | District of Columbia | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.4 |
| TOKOMA | Substation-Adjacent | MD | District of Columbia | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.1 |
| UNKNOWN123195 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Baltimore city | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.0 |
| TAP139314 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Alexandria city | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
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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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Green Machine, Ft. George G. Meade, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.