Blue Valley
BrownfieldIndependence, Jackson, Missouri · City of Independence - (MO)
Blue Valley is a natural gas plant in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, retired 2020-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 176 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 — Jackson 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 Blue Valley — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley | coal plant | 524 | 9.7 mi | — |
| Nearman Creek | coal plant | 316 | 20.6 mi | — |
| Grand Avenue | natural gas plant | 83 | 13.1 mi | — |
| Missouri City | coal plant | 46 | 9.7 mi | — |
| Kansas City International | natural gas plant | 36 | 24.2 mi | — |
| Quindaro | natural gas plant | 18 | 17.2 mi | — |
| Armour Road | former superfund site | 0 | 13.2 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 Blue Valley, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTHORNE | Substation-Adjacent | MO | Jackson County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.1 |
| EC Near Nearman Creek | Greenfield | KS | Wyandotte | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 66.5 |
| STILWELL | Substation-Adjacent | KS | Johnson County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 66.2 |
| EC Near Grand Avenue | Greenfield | MO | Jackson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 66.1 |
| EC Near Grand Avenue | Greenfield | MO | Jackson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.9 |
| OZ Jackson | Greenfield | MO | Jackson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
| OZ Jackson | Greenfield | MO | Jackson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
| OZ Jackson | Greenfield | MO | Jackson | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.8 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- 1530 SWIFT - NOCIXNorth Kansas City, MO · 151 networks
- Netrality Kansas City - 1102 GrandKansas City, MO · 81 networks
- NOCIX Clay FacilityNorth Kansas City, MO · 17 networks
- Level(3) Kansas CityKansas City, MO · 14 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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