NIH Cogeneration Facility
BrownfieldBethesda, Montgomery, Maryland · National Institutes of Health
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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Montgomery 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 NIH Cogeneration Facility — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson | coal plant | 588 | 24.6 mi | — |
| Dickerson Power | oil plant | 19 | 24.6 mi | — |
| Dean Drive Area Electric Generators | oil plant | 3 | 27.5 mi | — |
| Church Street Plant | oil plant | 3 | 26.2 mi | — |
| Green Machine | natural gas plant | 2 | 18.9 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 NIH Cogeneration Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFTON | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Manassas Park city | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 70.1 |
| OX | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Fairfax County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.5 |
| BUZZARD POINT | Substation-Adjacent | DC | District of Columbia | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| BENNING (230KV) | Substation-Adjacent | DC | District of Columbia | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| BURCHES HILL | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Prince George's County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.4 |
| BRIGHTON | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Howard County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.3 |
| UNKNOWN162182 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Prince George's County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.2 |
| BATTERY HEIGHTS DP | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Manassas city | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.6 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Equinix DC1-DC15,DC21-DC22 - AshburnAshburn, VA · 504 networks
- CoreSite - Reston (VA1)Reston, VA · 79 networks
- DataBank Ashburn (IAD1)Ashburn, VA · 34 networks
- RagingWire VA1 - NTTAshburn, VA · 25 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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