Moorhead
BrownfieldMoorhead, Clay, Minnesota · City of Moorhead - (MN)
Moorhead is a oil plant in Moorhead, Clay, Minnesota, retired 2011-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 10 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 — Clay 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 Moorhead — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwood | oil plant | 5 | 16.1 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 Moorhead, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAPLE RIVER | Substation-Adjacent | ND | Cass County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 67.4 |
| OZ Cass | Greenfield | ND | Cass | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.9 |
| SHEYENNE | Substation-Adjacent | ND | Clay County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.7 |
| OZ Cass | Greenfield | ND | Cass | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| BISON | Substation-Adjacent | ND | Cass County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.3 |
| FRONTIER | Substation-Adjacent | ND | Clay County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.3 yrs | 65.8 |
| FARGO | Substation-Adjacent | ND | Cass County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.3 yrs | 65.4 |
| MOORHEAD | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Clay County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- 702 Communications - Fargo, NDFargo, ND · 8 networks
- 702 Communications - Moorhead, MNMoorhead, MN · 2 networks
- Midco FargoFargo, ND · 2 networks
- DCN Dakota Carrier NetworksFargo, ND · 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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