Hancock
BrownfieldCommerce Twp, Oakland, Michigan · DTE Electric Company
Hancock is a natural gas plant in Commerce Twp, Oakland, Michigan, retired 2019-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 39 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 — Oakland 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 Hancock — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Rouge | coal plant | 944 | 25.4 mi | — |
| Wyandotte | natural gas plant | 30 | 28.1 mi | — |
| Dayton (MI) | oil plant | 10 | 26.2 mi | — |
| GRS Lyon | natural gas plant | 5 | 27.5 mi | — |
| University of Michigan | natural gas plant | 4 | 23.8 mi | — |
| East. Michigan Univ. Heating Plant | natural gas plant | 4 | 22.9 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 Hancock, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 66.0 |
| SENECA | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Macomb County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
| WIXOM | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Oakland County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.7 |
| UNKNOWN128507 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Oakland County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| COVENTRY | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Washtenaw County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.5 |
| UNKNOWN128451 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.3 |
| TAP159045 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 120 kV | 100 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.0 |
| OZ Wayne | Greenfield | MI | Wayne | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 63.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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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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