Sherburne County
BrownfieldBecker, Sherburne, Minnesota · Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Sherburne County is a coal plant in Becker, Sherburne, Minnesota, retired 2023-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 765 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 Sherburne County — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite City | natural gas plant | 72 | 18.0 mi | — |
| Elk River | former waste site | 48 | 17.3 mi | — |
| Elk River City of | oil plant | 8 | 15.9 mi | — |
| Delano | natural gas plant | 1 | 24.0 mi | — |
| Lindenfelser Landfill | former landfill site | — | 15.8 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 Sherburne County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHERBURNE COUNTY | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Sherburne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.5 |
| DICKINSON | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Wright County | 400 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.2 |
| ELK RIVER | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Sherburne County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.4 |
| MONTICELLO | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Sherburne County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.5 |
| QUARRY | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Stearns County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.2 |
| BENTON | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Benton County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 62.6 |
| GLEASON LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Hennepin County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 61.6 |
| EC Coal Wright County | Greenfield | MN | Wright County | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 61.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- Flexential - Minneapolis/Chaska (MSP01)Chaska, MN · 5 networks
- EdgeConneX Minneapolis (EDCMSP01)Eden Prairie, MN · 5 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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Sherburne County, Becker, Sherburne, 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.