Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant
BrownfieldAlbany, Albany, New York · Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant is a natural gas plant in Albany, Albany, New York, retired 2024-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 9 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 — Albany 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 Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Energy Center | natural gas plant | 400 | 4.3 mi | — |
| South Cairo | oil plant | 21 | 27.3 mi | — |
| Troy Landfill Solar 2 | former landfill site | 3 | 7.6 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Troy Landfill Solar 1 | former landfill site | 1 | 7.6 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 Albany Medical Ctr Cogen Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN124337 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Albany County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 66.1 |
| NEW SCOTLAND | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Albany County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.8 |
| Troy Landfill Solar 2 | Brownfield | NY | Rensselaer | — | 3 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.1 |
| REYNOLDS | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Rensselaer County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 63.5 |
| ROTTERDAM | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Schenectady County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 63.0 |
| ATHENS | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Columbia County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 62.4 |
| ALPS | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Rensselaer County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 61.8 |
| UNKNOWN124704 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Albany County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 4.9 yrs | 61.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Cogent AlbanyAlbany, NY · 6 networks
- INOC Albany (80 State St)Albany, NY · 3 networks
- INOC Albany (11 North Pearl St)Albany, NY · 2 networks
- INOC Albany (4 Tower Pl)Albany, NY · 1 networks
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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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