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R D Morrow

Brownfield

Purvis, Lamar, Mississippi · Cooperative Energy

Legacy capacity
400
MW

R D Morrow is a coal plant in Purvis, Lamar, Mississippi, retired 2018-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 400 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity400 MW
Retirement date2018-11-01
EIA plant ID#6061

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address304 Old Okahola School Road, Purvis, MS, 39475
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Lamar 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)17,789
Construction employment907
Land value$4,521/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.97¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.54¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply5.9 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days2,400
Mean annual temp64°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index45.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers8 · 80% 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 R D Morrow — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Eatonnatural gas plant7810.7 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 R D Morrow, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near R D Morrow
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN112451Substation-AdjacentLAPearl River County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs60.5
UNKNOWN110237Substation-AdjacentMSStone County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs60.0
EC Coal Lamar CountyGreenfieldMSLamar County——1.4 yrs59.6
UNKNOWN109935Substation-AdjacentMSLamar County161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs59.6
OZ MarionGreenfieldMSMarion——1.4 yrs59.1
HATTIESBURG SOUTHWESTSubstation-AdjacentMSForrest County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs59.1
EC Coal Lamar CountyGreenfieldMSLamar County——1.4 yrs59.0
UNKNOWN109936Substation-AdjacentMSForrest County230 kV300 MW2.8 yrs59.0

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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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