Smith Island
BrownfieldEwell, Somerset, Maryland · A & N Electric Coop
Smith Island is a oil plant in Ewell, Somerset, Maryland, retired 2021-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 — Somerset 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 Smith Island — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangier | oil plant | 1 | 11.9 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 Smith Island, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OZ Calvert | Greenfield | MD | Calvert | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 56.1 |
| EC Near Tangier | Greenfield | VA | Accomack | — | — | 3.1 yrs | 55.1 |
| OZ Lancaster | Greenfield | VA | Lancaster | — | — | 3.1 yrs | 54.3 |
| UNKNOWN123264 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Wicomico County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 53.0 |
| UNKNOWN121578 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Accomack County | 69 kV | 50 MW | 3.8 yrs | 52.8 |
| UNKNOWN123263 | Substation-Adjacent | MD | Somerset County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 52.8 |
| TAP156257 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Accomack County | 69 kV | 50 MW | 3.8 yrs | 52.7 |
| UNKNOWN156947 | Substation-Adjacent | VA | Accomack County | 69 kV | 50 MW | 3.8 yrs | 52.7 |
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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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