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Stony Brook

Brownfield

Ludlow, Hampden, Massachusetts · Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co

Legacy capacity
422
MW

Stony Brook is a natural gas plant in Ludlow, Hampden, Massachusetts. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 422 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity422 MW
EIA plant ID#6081

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator addressMoody Street, Ludlow, MA, 1056
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas plant 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.

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

Total employment (laborshed)170,676
IT / tech employment45
Construction employment7,877
Land value$13,611/acre

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate16.80¢/kWh
Industrial power rate15.72¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply45.4 MGD
Industrial water use1.0 MGD
Cooling degree days600
Mean annual temp49°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index22.0 · Relatively Low
Fiber providers10 · 32% served

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 Stony Brook — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Cabot Holyokenatural gas plant265.1 mi—
Palmer Metropolitan Airfield Solarformer brownfield site610.2 micleanup_complete
Mount Tom Stationformer power_plant site66.8 micleanup_complete
Emery Street Landfillformer landfill site510.2 micleanup_complete
Former Parsons Paper Companyformer superfund site46.8 micleanup_complete
Cottage Street Landfillformer landfill site45.9 micleanup_complete
Belchertown Road Landfill Solarformer landfill site411.5 micleanup_complete
Hadley Fallsformer hydro site44.9 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 Stony Brook, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Stony Brook
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN133485Substation-AdjacentMAHampden County345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs67.3
TAP136499Substation-AdjacentCTCapitol Planning Region345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs66.1
NORTH BLOOMFIELDSubstation-AdjacentCTCapitol Planning Region345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs65.6
BARBOUR HILLSubstation-AdjacentCTCapitol Planning Region345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs65.5
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
UNKNOWN133287Substation-AdjacentCTCapitol Planning Region115 kV100 MW3.9 yrs59.9

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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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