Canal
BrownfieldSandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts · Canal Generating LLC
Canal is a natural gas plant in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 330 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 — Barnstable 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 Canal — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable Landfill | former landfill site | 4 | 10.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Halifax Electric | natural gas plant | 3 | 23.7 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 Canal, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVER | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.9 |
| CANAL | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Barnstable County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.9 |
| UNKNOWN133429 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.6 |
| UNKNOWN133428 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.6 |
| UNKNOWN133427 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.4 |
| TAP135424 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 60.2 |
| EC Near East Bridgewater | Greenfield | MA | Plymouth | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 58.5 |
| TAP136270 | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Plymouth County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 58.2 |
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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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Canal, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.