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Deepwater

Brownfield

Pennsville, Salem, New Jersey · Calpine New Jersey Generation LLC

Legacy capacity
683
MW

Deepwater is a natural gas plant in Pennsville, Salem, New Jersey, retired 2014-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 683 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity683 MW
Retirement date2014-06-01
EIA plant ID#2384

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address373 North Broadway, Pennsville, NJ, 8070
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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 — Salem 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)18,391
Construction employment1,402
Land value$10,421/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.90¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.30¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply4.2 MGD
Industrial water use12.2 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp53°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers3 · 20% 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 Deepwater — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Eddystone Generating Stationcoal plant70715.6 mi—
Delaware Generating Stationoil plant31528.3 mi—
Schuylkill Generating Stationoil plant19324.7 mi—
Carlls Cornernatural gas plant8422.7 mi—
Mickleton Stationnatural gas plant7116.4 mi—
Chester Operationsoil plant6713.6 mi—
North and South Peninsulaformer manufacturing site23.7 micleanup_complete
Delaware City Plantnatural gas plant19.4 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 Deepwater, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Deepwater
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
RED LIONSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.1
KEENEYSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.1
EDDYSTONESubstation-AdjacentPADelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.1
McKees Solar ParkBrownfieldDENew Castle—0 MW3.8 yrs68.8
SCHUYLKILLSubstation-AdjacentPAPhiladelphia County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.2
UNKNOWN130225Substation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.2
DuPont NewportBrownfieldDENew Castle—1 MW3.8 yrs68.1
UNKNOWN128234Substation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs67.3

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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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