Bent Mill Solar
BrownfieldGardner, Massachusetts
Bent Mill Solar is a former manufacturing site in Gardner, Massachusetts. 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Bent Mill Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood St. Landfill | former landfill site | 8 | 23.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Newark America Mill | natural gas plant | 6 | 7.2 mi | — |
| Palmer Metropolitan Airfield Solar | former brownfield site | 6 | 32.0 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Emery Street Landfill | former landfill site | 5 | 32.0 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Clark University | natural gas plant | 2 | 24.5 mi | — |
| Winsor Dam Power Station | former hydro site | 1 | 27.6 mi | — |
| Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company | former manufacturing site | 1 | 8.7 mi | cleanup_complete |
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 Bent Mill Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMHERST | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Hillsborough County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 66.5 |
| MILLBURY NO. 3 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Worcester County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 63.4 |
| WACHUSETT | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Worcester County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 63.3 |
| FITZWILLIAM | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 62.2 |
| PRATTS JUNCTION | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Worcester County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.1 |
| OZ Worcester | Greenfield | MA | Worcester | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 60.9 |
| EC Near Nashua Plant | Greenfield | NH | Hillsborough | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 60.6 |
| Greenwood St. Landfill | Brownfield | MA | Worcester | 115 kV | 8 MW | 3.9 yrs | 60.1 |
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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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