Washington County Landfill (MN)
BrownfieldLake Elmo, Minnesota
Washington County Landfill (MN) is a former superfund site in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 0 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Washington County Landfill (MN) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Dog | natural gas plant | 1,118 | 21.2 mi | — |
| High Bridge | coal plant | 277 | 11.1 mi | — |
| Riverside (MN) | coal plant | 239 | 18.3 mi | — |
| West Group Data Center F | oil plant | 8 | 15.5 mi | — |
| Thomson Reuters Data Center Bldg H | oil plant | 8 | 15.5 mi | — |
| West Group Data Center | oil plant | 5 | 15.6 mi | — |
| United Hospital | oil plant | 5 | 10.6 mi | — |
| Seneca Community Solar Garden | former landfill site | 1 | 17.7 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 Washington County Landfill (MN), ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERMINAL | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.1 |
| UNKNOWN129414 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Anoka County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.4 |
| MAXWELL | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.9 |
| KOHLMAN LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Ramsey County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.8 |
| UNKNOWN129590 | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Dakota County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.6 |
| CHUB LAKE | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Scott County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| HAMPTON | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Dakota County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.1 |
| BLACK DOG | Substation-Adjacent | MN | Dakota County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.9 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Cologix MIN1Minneapolis, MN · 77 networks
- Cologix MIN3Minneapolis, MN · 22 networks
- Ridgeview MinnetonkaMinnetonka, MN · 16 networks
- Cologix MIN2Minneapolis, MN · 15 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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