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Montgomery

Brownfield

Montgomery, Le Sueur, Minnesota · Interstate Power and Light Co

Legacy capacity
29
MW

Montgomery is a oil plant in Montgomery, Le Sueur, Minnesota, retired 2012-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 29 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

Former useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity29 MW
Retirement date2012-12-01
EIA plant ID#8025

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address914 Mill Avenue, NE, Montgomery, MN, 56069
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil plant of this scale leaves behind a high-capacity grid interconnection that a new load can re-use, frequently shaving years off the interconnection queue. Retired-plant sites also tend to be already zoned for heavy industrial use with established road, rail, and water infrastructure.

Site conditions & market — Le Sueur 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

Total employment (laborshed)7,154
Construction employment592
Land value$7,494/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.80¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.69¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.7%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply2.3 MGD
Industrial water use0.5 MGD
Cooling degree days600
Mean annual temp42°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index25.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers8 · 65% served

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 Montgomery — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Black Dognatural gas plant1,11829.8 mi—
West Fairbaultnatural gas plant4918.0 mi—
Owatonnanatural gas plant2629.8 mi—
EKS Landfillnatural gas plant526.6 mi—
New Praguenatural gas plant17.0 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 Montgomery, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Montgomery
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BLUE LAKESubstation-AdjacentMNScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs68.8
SCOTT COSubstation-AdjacentMNScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs68.5
HELENASubstation-AdjacentMNScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs67.1
CHUB LAKESubstation-AdjacentMNScott County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs66.4
UNKNOWN132021Substation-AdjacentMNLe Sueur County345 kV600 MW2.8 yrs66.3
BLACK DOGSubstation-AdjacentMNDakota County115 kV100 MW2.8 yrs65.5
OZ WasecaGreenfieldMNWaseca——1.4 yrs65.1
EC Near Black DogGreenfieldMNDakota——1.4 yrs64.4

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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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