NIH Cogeneration Facility

Brownfield

Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland · National Institutes of Health

Legacy capacity
22
MW

NIH Cogeneration Facility is a natural gas plant in Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, retired 2018-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 22 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 capacity22 MW
Retirement date2018-10-01
EIA plant ID#56668

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.1 mi
OperatorNational Institutes of Health
Operator address9000 Rockville Pike Bldg 11A, Bethesda, MD, 20892
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 datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near NIH Cogeneration Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near NIH Cogeneration Facility
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN162181Substation-AdjacentMDPrince George's County500 kV1,000 MW3.1 yrs78.3
WAUGH CHAPELSubstation-AdjacentMDAnne Arundel County500 kV1,000 MW3.1 yrs77.7
UNKNOWN162182Substation-AdjacentMDPrince George's County500 kV1,000 MW3.1 yrs77.6
OXSubstation-AdjacentVAFairfax County500 kV1,000 MW3.1 yrs77.1
JOHNSON DPSubstation-AdjacentVAManassas Park city230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs77.0
WALNEYSubstation-AdjacentVAFairfax city230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs76.8
UNKNOWN162231Substation-AdjacentVALoudoun County230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs76.6
UNKNOWN116835Substation-AdjacentVAManassas Park city230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs76.4

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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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