Riverside Holyoke
BrownfieldHolyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts · City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Dept.
Riverside Holyoke is a former hydro site in Holyoke, Hampden, 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
Site conditions & market — Hampden 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 Riverside Holyoke — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | natural gas plant | 422 | 4.3 mi | — |
| Cabot Holyoke | natural gas plant | 26 | 0.8 mi | — |
| Palmer Metropolitan Airfield Solar | former brownfield site | 6 | 14.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Mount Tom Station | former power_plant site | 6 | 2.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Emery Street Landfill | former landfill site | 5 | 14.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Former Parsons Paper Company | former superfund site | 4 | 2.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Cottage Street Landfill | former landfill site | 4 | 6.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Belchertown Road Landfill Solar | former landfill site | 4 | 12.2 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 Riverside Holyoke, 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 | 67.3 |
| NORTH BLOOMFIELD | Substation-Adjacent | CT | Capitol Planning Region | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 65.6 |
| BARBOUR HILL | Substation-Adjacent | CT | Capitol Planning Region | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 65.5 |
| 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 |
| Indian Orchard Solar Facility | Brownfield | MA | Hampden | — | 2 MW | 3.9 yrs | 60.4 |
| BLOOMFIELD | Substation-Adjacent | CT | Capitol Planning Region | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 59.9 |
| UNKNOWN133287 | Substation-Adjacent | CT | Capitol Planning Region | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 59.9 |
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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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