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Notch Cliff

Brownfield

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland · Constellation Power Source Generation, LLC

Legacy capacity
144
MW

Notch Cliff is a natural gas plant in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, retired 2020-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 144 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 capacity144 MW
Retirement date2020-06-01
EIA plant ID#1555

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address10650 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD, 21057
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.

Site conditions & market — Baltimore city

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

Total employment (laborshed)269,861
IT / tech employment186
Construction employment9,600
Land value$9,477/acre
Datacenter tax incentiveproperty_tax_credits

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate9.93¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.79¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply0.0 MGD
Industrial water use0.1 MGD
Cooling degree days1,300
Mean annual temp55°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index22.0 · Relatively Low
Fiber providers10 · 38% served

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 Notch Cliff — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Essential Power Rock Springs LLCnatural gas plant39027.7 mi—
Riverside (MD)natural gas plant25712.8 mi—
Herbert A Wagnercoal plant13616.9 mi—
Westportnatural gas plant12212.5 mi—
York Energy Centernatural gas plant12024.3 mi—
Gould Streetnatural gas plant10411.9 mi—
Perrymanoil plant5315.4 mi—
Domino Sugar Baltimorenatural gas plant311.2 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 Notch Cliff, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Notch Cliff
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROCK SPRINGSSubstation-AdjacentMDHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.9
WAUGH CHAPELSubstation-AdjacentMDAnne Arundel County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.8
DELTA YORK ECSubstation-AdjacentPAHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.8
UNKNOWN123195Substation-AdjacentMDBaltimore city230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs65.0
CONASTONESubstation-AdjacentMDHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs64.9
TAP139171Substation-AdjacentMDHoward County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs64.5
HIGH RIDGESubstation-AdjacentMDHoward County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs64.5
EC Coal Anne Arundel CountyGreenfieldMDAnne Arundel County——3.5 yrs64.3

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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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