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Gilbert

Brownfield

Milford, Hunterdon, New Jersey · Gilbert Power, LLC

Legacy capacity
96
MW

Gilbert is a natural gas plant in Milford, Hunterdon, New Jersey, retired 2015-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 96 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 capacity96 MW
Retirement date2015-05-01
EIA plant ID#2393

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address315 Riegelsville Rd., Rte. 627, Milford, NJ, 8848
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 — Hunterdon 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)39,616
IT / tech employment24
Construction employment3,351
Land value$17,886/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate9.52¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.24¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply119.9 MGD
Industrial water use0.9 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp53°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers5 · 51% 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 Gilbert — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Portland (PA)coal plant42724.2 mi—
TalenEnergy Martins Creekcoal plant41116.3 mi—
TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC Allentownoil plant6415.6 mi—
Vicinity Energy Trenton, L.P.natural gas plant1531.9 mi—
Fiberville Estates, LLC.former manufacturing site93.8 micleanup_complete
North Wales Dieseloil plant726.3 mi—
West Point (PA)natural gas plant625.1 mi—
PPL Glendon LFGTE Plantnatural gas plant57.9 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 Gilbert, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Gilbert
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
WHITPAINSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.7
CENTERPOINTSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.4
ELROYSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.0
WESCOSVILLESubstation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.1
HOSENSACKSubstation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.7
UNKNOWN123737Substation-AdjacentPANorthampton County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.5
UPPER PROVIDENCESubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs65.5
NORTH WALESSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs65.0

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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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