San Juan
BrownfieldWaterflow, San Juan, New Mexico · Public Service Co of NM
San Juan is a coal plant in Waterflow, San Juan, New Mexico, retired 2022-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1,848 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 — San Juan 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 San Juan — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | coal plant | 633 | 8.0 mi | — |
| Pinon Energy Center | natural gas plant | 293 | 0.2 mi | — |
| Animas | natural gas plant | 50 | 14.6 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 San Juan, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOUR CORNERS | Substation-Adjacent | NM | San Juan County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.3 yrs | 58.4 |
| SAN JUAN | Substation-Adjacent | NM | San Juan County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.3 yrs | 55.9 |
| OZ Montezuma | Greenfield | CO | Montezuma | — | — | 1.7 yrs | 54.4 |
| EC Near San Juan | Greenfield | NM | San Juan | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.5 |
| EC Coal San Juan County | Greenfield | NM | San Juan County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.4 |
| EC Near Four Corners | Greenfield | NM | San Juan | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.1 |
| EC Coal San Juan County | Greenfield | NM | San Juan County | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 53.1 |
| EC Near Animas | Greenfield | NM | San Juan | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 52.9 |
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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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