Tanner Street Generation

Brownfield

Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts · BT Generation Holdings, LLC

Legacy capacity
151
MW

Tanner Street Generation is a natural gas plant in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, retired 2024-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 151 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 capacity151 MW
Retirement date2024-10-01
EIA plant ID#54586

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
OperatorBT Generation Holdings, LLC
Operator address2 Tanner Street, Lowell, MA, 1852
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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Tanner Street Generation, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Tanner Street Generation
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BEDFORDSubstation-AdjacentNHHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.5 yrs75.6
GRANITE RIDGESubstation-AdjacentNHHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.5 yrs74.7
UNKNOWN137065Substation-AdjacentNHHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.5 yrs73.7
UNKNOWN132717Substation-AdjacentNHRockingham County230 kV300 MW3.5 yrs73.5
SCOBIE POND 345KVSubstation-AdjacentNHRockingham County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs73.5
UNKNOWN132736Substation-AdjacentNHHillsborough County230 kV300 MW3.5 yrs72.6
KINGSTON STREETSubstation-AdjacentMASuffolk County345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs72.2
UNKNOWN133682Substation-AdjacentMAMiddlesex County450 kV600 MW3.5 yrs71.8

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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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