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New Bedford High School Solar

Brownfield

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Legacy capacity
1
MW

New Bedford High School Solar is a former brownfield site in New Bedford, 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

Former useformer brownfield site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW
Acreage3 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.4 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former brownfield site 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.

Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near New Bedford High School Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Tiverton Power Plantnatural gas plant29012.1 mi—
Cleary Flood Hybridoil plant2816.5 mi—
Newport Naval Education & Training Centerformer superfund site1123.4 micleanup_complete
GRS Fall Rivernatural gas plant710.6 mi—
Halifax Electricnatural gas plant323.8 mi—
Mansfieldnatural gas plant329.8 mi—
Philips Lightolier Windformer manufacturing site29.2 micleanup_complete
Sullivan's Ledgeformer superfund site20.0 micleanup_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 New Bedford High School Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near New Bedford High School Solar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BERRY STREETSubstation-AdjacentMANorfolk County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs63.6
BRIDGEWATERSubstation-AdjacentMAPlymouth County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs63.6
CARVERSubstation-AdjacentMAPlymouth County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs61.9
FALL RIVERSubstation-AdjacentMABristol County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs61.8
UNKNOWN133429Substation-AdjacentMAPlymouth County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs61.6
UNKNOWN133428Substation-AdjacentMAPlymouth County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs61.6
UNKNOWN133427Substation-AdjacentMAPlymouth County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs61.4
EC Near Central Power PlantGreenfieldRIProvidence——3.5 yrs61.0

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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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