Cargill Salt

Brownfield

St. Clair, St Clair, Michigan · Cargill Inc

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Cargill Salt is a coal plant in St. Clair, St Clair, Michigan, retired 2002-01-01. 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

Former usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2002-01-01
EIA plant ID#54965

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.2 mi
OperatorCargill Inc
Operator address916 South Riverside Ave, St. Clair, MI, 48079
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 Cargill Salt, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Cargill Salt
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BELLE RIVERSubstation-AdjacentMIMacomb County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs74.5
GREENWOOD SOLAR FARMSubstation-AdjacentMISt. Clair County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs74.3
FITZSubstation-AdjacentMISt. Clair County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs71.7
TAP139992Substation-AdjacentMISt. Clair County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs71.5
ST. CLAIRSubstation-AdjacentMISt. Clair County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs70.9
UNKNOWN128514Substation-AdjacentMIMacomb County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs70.7
GREENWOODSubstation-AdjacentMISt. Clair County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs70.3
UNKNOWN128513Substation-AdjacentMIMacomb County120 kV100 MW2.2 yrs70.0

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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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