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Paulding

Brownfield

Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi · Cooperative Energy

Legacy capacity
20
MW

Paulding is a oil plant in Paulding, Jasper, Mississippi, retired 2017-08-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 20 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity20 MW
Retirement date2017-08-01
EIA plant ID#2071

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address3887 County Road 16, Paulding, MS, 39348
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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.

Site conditions & market — Jasper 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

Total employment (laborshed)3,115
Construction employment121
Land value$3,476/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.88¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.10¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply3.3 MGD
Industrial water use3.3 MGD
Cooling degree days2,400
Mean annual temp64°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index45.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers5 · 49% served

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 Paulding — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Sweattnatural gas plant9526.9 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 Paulding, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Paulding
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN109552Substation-AdjacentMSClarke County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs60.1
UNKNOWN109540Substation-AdjacentMSLauderdale County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs60.1
UNKNOWN109405Substation-AdjacentMSWayne County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs59.9
UNKNOWN109611Substation-AdjacentMSJones County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs59.5
UNKNOWN156972Substation-AdjacentMSLauderdale County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs59.1
EC Near PauldingGreenfieldMSJasper——1.4 yrs58.5
OZ JonesGreenfieldMSJones——1.4 yrs58.4
EC Near SweattGreenfieldMSLauderdale——1.4 yrs58.0

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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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