Hood's Mill Landfill
BrownfieldWestminster, Maryland
Hood's Mill Landfill is a former landfill site in Westminster, Maryland. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 0 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Hood's Mill Landfill — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westport | natural gas plant | 122 | 29.6 mi | — |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC - Spring | natural gas plant | 6 | 21.5 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 Hood's Mill Landfill, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTON | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.3 |
| TAP139322 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Frederick County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| HOWARD | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.0 |
| GRANITE | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
| TAP139085 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
| UNKNOWN123462 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Adams County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| WILDE LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.4 |
| UNKNOWN123096 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Carroll County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.4 |
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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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