Wells IC
BrownfieldWells, Faribault, Minnesota · City of Wells - (MN)
Wells IC is a oil plant in Wells, Faribault, Minnesota, retired 2019-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 — Faribault 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 Wells IC — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Mills | oil plant | 3 | 24.6 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 Wells IC, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OZ Waseca | Greenfield | MN | Waseca | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.1 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | IA | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Near Wells IC | Greenfield | MN | Faribault | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 63.6 |
| EC Near Owatonna | Greenfield | MN | Steele | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 63.4 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | IA | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 63.3 |
| EC Near Wells IC | Greenfield | MN | Faribault | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 63.1 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | IA | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 62.8 |
| EC Near Lake Mills | Greenfield | IA | Winnebago | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 62.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- Router12 - Brick and TileMason City, IA · 1 networks
- Jaguar CommunicationsOwatonna, MN · 0 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 Wells IC, Wells, Faribault, 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.