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Eckert Station

Brownfield

Lansing, Ingham, Michigan · Lansing Board of Water and Light

Legacy capacity
375
MW

Eckert Station is a coal plant in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, retired 2021-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 375 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 capacity375 MW
Retirement date2021-05-01
EIA plant ID#1831

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address601 Island Ave, Lansing, MI, 48910
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.

Site conditions & market — Ingham 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)109,258
IT / tech employment211
Construction employment5,622
Land value$5,227/acre
Datacenter tax incentiveproperty_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.18¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.70¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply26.1 MGD
Industrial water use0.1 MGD
Cooling degree days700
Mean annual temp45°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index25.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers14 · 76% 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 Eckert Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Erickson Stationcoal plant1555.3 mi—
Wood Roadnatural gas plant54.2 mi—
Burcham Park Landfillformer landfill site04.3 micleanup_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 Eckert Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Eckert Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Burcham Park LandfillBrownfieldMIIngham138 kV0 MW2.8 yrs65.4
ONEIDASubstation-AdjacentMIEaton County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.1
EC Near Eckert StationGreenfieldMIIngham——2.2 yrs64.8
EC Coal Ingham CountyGreenfieldMIIngham County——2.2 yrs64.5
UNKNOWN128990Substation-AdjacentMIIngham County138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs64.5
EC Near Eckert StationGreenfieldMIIngham——2.2 yrs63.8
EC Coal Eaton CountyGreenfieldMIEaton County——2.2 yrs63.7
EC Coal Eaton CountyGreenfieldMIEaton County——2.2 yrs63.6

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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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