Battle Creek Mill
BrownfieldBattle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan · RockTenn-Battle Creek Mill
Battle Creek Mill is a natural gas plant in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, retired 1995-12-01. 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 — Calhoun 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 Battle Creek Mill — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B E Morrow | natural gas plant | 36 | 15.0 mi | — |
| Marshall (MI) | natural gas plant | 2 | 13.9 mi | — |
| Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Solar Field Park | former brownfield site | 1 | 28.0 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 Battle Creek Mill, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Solar Field Park | Brownfield | MI | Branch | — | 1 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.1 |
| OZ Kalamazoo | Greenfield | MI | Kalamazoo | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 62.7 |
| OZ Eaton | Greenfield | MI | Eaton | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 62.3 |
| BATTLE CREEK | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Calhoun County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.0 |
| EC Near B E Morrow | Greenfield | MI | Kalamazoo | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 60.7 |
| UNKNOWN128677 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Kalamazoo County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 60.5 |
| EC Near Battle Creek Mill | Greenfield | MI | Calhoun | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 60.0 |
| UNKNOWN128782 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Kalamazoo County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 59.7 |
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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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