Wyandotte
BrownfieldWyandotte, Wayne, Michigan · Wyandotte Municipal Serv Comm
Wyandotte is a natural gas plant in Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, retired 2016-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 30 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 — Wayne 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 Wyandotte — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Rouge | coal plant | 944 | 4.9 mi | — |
| Trenton Channel | coal plant | 776 | 6.2 mi | — |
| Conners Creek | natural gas plant | 275 | 14.1 mi | — |
| Hancock | natural gas plant | 39 | 28.1 mi | — |
| Northeast (MI) | natural gas plant | 16 | 17.6 mi | — |
| Slocum | oil plant | 14 | 6.3 mi | — |
| Dayton (MI) | oil plant | 10 | 20.0 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 Wyandotte, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conners Creek | Brownfield | MI | Wayne County | — | 275 MW | 2.2 yrs | 69.2 |
| WAYNE | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.0 |
| UNKNOWN128399 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Macomb County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| UNKNOWN128466 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Macomb County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.0 |
| WIXOM | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Oakland County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| UNKNOWN128451 | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.2 |
| BROWNSTOWN | Substation-Adjacent | MI | Wayne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| EC Near River Rouge | Greenfield | MI | Wayne | — | — | 2.2 yrs | 66.6 |
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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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