Ford Utilities Center
BrownfieldAlbuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico · University of New Mexico
Ford Utilities Center is a natural gas plant in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, retired 2003-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 — Bernalillo 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 Ford Utilities Center — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant | natural gas plant | 3 | 2.6 mi | — |
| Emcore Eubank Landfill | former landfill site | 2 | 1.9 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 Ford Utilities Center, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emcore Eubank Landfill | Brownfield | NM | Bernalillo | 115 kV | 2 MW | 3.3 yrs | 61.9 |
| SANDIA | Substation-Adjacent | NM | Bernalillo County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 59.7 |
| EC Near Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant | Greenfield | NM | Bernalillo | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.7 |
| EC Near Univ New Mexico Cogen Plant | Greenfield | NM | Bernalillo | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 59.3 |
| WEST MESA | Substation-Adjacent | NM | Bernalillo County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 59.2 |
| OZ Bernalillo | Greenfield | NM | Bernalillo | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 57.2 |
| B-A | Substation-Adjacent | NM | Bernalillo County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 57.2 |
| RIO PUERCO | Substation-Adjacent | NM | Bernalillo County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 55.7 |
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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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