Moose Lake
BrownfieldMoose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota · Moose Lake Water & Light Comm
Moose Lake is a natural gas plant in Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota, retired 2019-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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 — Carlton 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 Moose Lake — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sappi Cloquet Mill | former biomass site | 2 | 24.4 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 Moose Lake, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN129348 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Pine County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 61.3 |
| EC Near Moose Lake | Greenfield | MN | Carlton | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 59.5 |
| POTLATCH 115KV | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Carlton County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 58.9 |
| CLOQUET 115/14 KV | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Carlton County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 58.4 |
| UNKNOWN136176 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Carlton County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 58.3 |
| Greenfield (UNKNOWN133416 - ARROWHEAD) | Greenfield | ND | Carlton County | 250 kV | 300 MW | 3.3 yrs | 57.8 |
| UNKNOWN136175 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Carlton County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 57.3 |
| EC Near Moose Lake | Greenfield | MN | Carlton | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 56.7 |
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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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Moose Lake, Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.