EKS Landfill
BrownfieldBurnsville, Dakota, Minnesota · WM Renewable Energy LLC
EKS Landfill is a natural gas plant in Burnsville, Dakota, Minnesota, retired 2020-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 5 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 — Dakota 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 EKS Landfill — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog | natural gas plant | 1,118 | 3.6 mi | — |
| High Bridge | coal plant | 277 | 14.2 mi | — |
| Riverside (MN) | coal plant | 239 | 16.6 mi | — |
| Montgomery | oil plant | 29 | 26.6 mi | — |
| West Group Data Center F | oil plant | 8 | 10.0 mi | — |
| Thomson Reuters Data Center Bldg H | oil plant | 8 | 10.0 mi | — |
| West Group Data Center | oil plant | 5 | 10.1 mi | — |
| United Hospital | oil plant | 5 | 14.9 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 EKS Landfill, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARKERS LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Hennepin County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.8 |
| BLUE LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.8 |
| EDEN PRAIRIE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Hennepin County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| TERMINAL | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| SCOTT CO | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.5 |
| UNKNOWN129414 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Anoka County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.9 |
| UNKNOWN129614 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Hennepin County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.8 |
| MAXWELL | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.4 |
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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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