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Northampton Landfill Solar

Brownfield

Northampton, Massachusetts

Legacy capacity
3
MW

Northampton Landfill Solar is a former landfill site in Northampton, Massachusetts. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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 landfill site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity3 MW
Acreage15 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former landfill 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 Northampton Landfill Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Stony Brooknatural gas plant42212.2 mi—
Cabot Holyokenatural gas plant269.4 mi—
Palmer Metropolitan Airfield Solarformer brownfield site620.9 micleanup_complete
Mount Tom Stationformer power_plant site68.1 micleanup_complete
Emery Street Landfillformer landfill site520.9 micleanup_complete
Former Parsons Paper Companyformer superfund site48.1 micleanup_complete
Cottage Street Landfillformer landfill site416.1 micleanup_complete
Belchertown Road Landfill Solarformer landfill site49.0 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 Northampton Landfill Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Northampton Landfill Solar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN133485Substation-AdjacentMAHampden County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs67.3
AGAWAMSubstation-AdjacentMAHampden County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs64.2
LUDLOWSubstation-AdjacentMAHampden County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs62.6
Indian Orchard Solar FacilityBrownfieldMAHampden—2 MW3.9 yrs60.4
Greenfield (LUDLOW - BARBOUR HILL)GreenfieldCOHampden County345 kV600 MW6.9 yrs59.9
OZ HampdenGreenfieldMAHampden——3.5 yrs59.8
EC Near Chicopee ElectricGreenfieldMAHampden——3.5 yrs59.5
OZ HampdenGreenfieldMAHampden——3.5 yrs59.4

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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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