Elk River
BrownfieldElk River, Sherburne, Minnesota · Great River Energy
Elk River is a former waste site in Elk River, Sherburne, Minnesota, retired 2019-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 48 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 — Sherburne 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 Elk River — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherburne County | coal plant | 765 | 17.3 mi | — |
| Riverside (MN) | coal plant | 239 | 23.6 mi | — |
| Elk River City of | oil plant | 8 | 1.6 mi | — |
| United Health Care | oil plant | 4 | 23.6 mi | — |
| Alliant Techsystems | oil plant | 2 | 26.8 mi | — |
| Delano | natural gas plant | 1 | 21.0 mi | — |
| Lindenfelser Landfill | former landfill site | — | 9.3 mi | cleanup_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 Elk River, 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 |
| TERMINAL | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| 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 |
| SHERBURNE COUNTY | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Sherburne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.5 |
| BUNKER LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Anoka County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.5 |
| EC Near Alliant Techsystems | Greenfield | MN | Hennepin | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.4 |
| DICKINSON | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Wright County | 400 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.2 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Cologix MIN1Minneapolis, MN · 77 networks
- Cologix MIN3Minneapolis, MN · 22 networks
- Ridgeview MinnetonkaMinnetonka, MN · 16 networks
- Cologix MIN2Minneapolis, MN · 15 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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