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Middle Station

Brownfield

Rio Grand, Cape May, New Jersey · Calpine New Jersey Generation LLC

Legacy capacity
80
MW

Middle Station is a oil plant in Rio Grand, Cape May, New Jersey, retired 2015-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 80 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 capacity80 MW
Retirement date2015-05-01
EIA plant ID#2382

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator addressNorth End of Railroad Ave, Rio Grand, NJ, 8242
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 — Cape May 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)34,725
IT / tech employment11
Construction employment2,605
Land value$19,256/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.69¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.11¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply13.6 MGD
Industrial water use1.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp53°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers4 · 21% 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 Middle Station — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Woodbine Landfill Plantnatural gas plant215.0 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 Middle Station, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Middle Station
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN128236Substation-AdjacentDESussex County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs59.0
UNKNOWN132614Substation-AdjacentNJCumberland County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs57.8
DENNIS STATIONSubstation-AdjacentNJCape May County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs56.8
EC Near Indian River Generating StationGreenfieldDESussex——1.5 yrs56.3
EC Near Indian River Generating StationGreenfieldDESussex——1.5 yrs55.7
OZ AtlanticGreenfieldNJAtlantic——2.6 yrs55.5
EC Near Woodbine Landfill PlantGreenfieldNJCape May——2.6 yrs55.0
ROBINSONVILLESubstation-AdjacentDESussex County138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs54.9

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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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