Skip to content
Gridcensus

Moose Lake

Brownfield

Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota · Moose Lake Water & Light Comm

Legacy capacity
3
MW

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

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity3 MW
Retirement date2019-01-01
EIA plant ID#1996

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address401 Douglas Ave., Moose Lake, MN, 55767
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Moose Lake, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Moose Lake
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EC Near Moose LakeGreenfieldMNCarlton1.4 yrs62.6
UNKNOWN129348Substation-AdjacentMNPine County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs60.6
EC Near Moose LakeGreenfieldMNCarlton1.4 yrs59.9
POTLATCH 115KVSubstation-AdjacentMNCarlton County115 kV100 MW2.8 yrs58.9
CLOQUET 115/14 KVSubstation-AdjacentMNCarlton County115 kV100 MW2.8 yrs58.8
UNKNOWN136176Substation-AdjacentMNCarlton County115 kV100 MW2.8 yrs58.7
Greenfield (UNKNOWN133416 - ARROWHEAD)GreenfieldNDCarlton County250 kV300 MW3.3 yrs58.7
EC Near Moose LakeGreenfieldMNCarlton1.4 yrs57.7

See all datacenter sites in Minnesota

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.

Go deeper than the public screen

This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Moose Lake, Moose Lake, Carlton, Minnesota. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 164,098-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.