James De Young
BrownfieldHolland, Ottawa, Michigan · City of Holland
James De Young is a coal plant in Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, retired 2017-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 63 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 — Ottawa 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 James De Young — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Vandyke | natural gas plant | 27 | 13.8 mi | — |
| Sixth Street Gas Turbine | oil plant | 24 | 0.5 mi | — |
| J H Campbell | oil plant | 19 | 9.1 mi | — |
| Autumn Hills Generating Facility | natural gas plant | 3 | 9.7 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 James De Young, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TALLMADGE | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Kent County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.8 |
| ROOSEVELT | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Ottawa County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.3 |
| UNKNOWN128736 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Ottawa County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.6 |
| UNKNOWN128758 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Ottawa County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.4 |
| KENOWA | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Kent County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.7 |
| EC Near Autumn Hills Generating Facility | Greenfield | MI | Ottawa | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 62.3 |
| EC Near Claude Vandyke | Greenfield | MI | Allegan | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 61.8 |
| EC Near Claude Vandyke | Greenfield | MI | Allegan | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 61.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- 123.NET - DC4 - 400 76th St SWByron Center, MI · 11 networks
- ManagedWay BYK1Byron Center, MI · 2 networks
- US Signal - Grand Rapids SouthByron Center, MI · 2 networks
- Aunalytics Kalamazoo DatacenterKalamazoo, MI · 1 networks
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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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