Belchertown Road Landfill Solar
BrownfieldAmherst, Massachusetts
Belchertown Road Landfill Solar is a former landfill site in Amherst, Massachusetts. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 4 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 Belchertown Road Landfill Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | natural gas plant | 422 | 11.5 mi | — |
| Cabot Holyoke | natural gas plant | 26 | 12.5 mi | — |
| Palmer Metropolitan Airfield Solar | former brownfield site | 6 | 15.7 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Mount Tom Station | former power_plant site | 6 | 12.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Emery Street Landfill | former landfill site | 5 | 15.7 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Former Parsons Paper Company | former superfund site | 4 | 12.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Cottage Street Landfill | former landfill site | 4 | 17.3 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Hadley Falls | former hydro site | 4 | 11.6 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 Belchertown Road Landfill Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN133485 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Hampden County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 66.8 |
| AGAWAM | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Hampden County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 64.2 |
| LUDLOW | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Hampden County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 62.6 |
| SCITICO | Substation-Adjacent | CT | Capitol Planning Region | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 62.1 |
| Indian Orchard Solar Facility | Brownfield | MA | Hampden | — | 2 MW | 3.9 yrs | 60.7 |
| OZ Hampden | Greenfield | MA | Hampden | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.8 |
| Former Grasso Landfill | Brownfield | MA | Hampden | 115 kV | 2 MW | 3.9 yrs | 59.4 |
| EC Near Chicopee Electric | Greenfield | MA | Hampden | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- Crown Castle Springfield (1 Federal)Springfield, MA · 4 networks
- Lightboard ★ New EnglandSpringfield, MA · 2 networks
- Cogent Springfield MASpringfield, MA · 0 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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