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Auburn LFG Energy Facility

Brownfield

Auburn, Cayuga, New York · City of Auburn, New York

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Auburn LFG Energy Facility is a natural gas plant in Auburn, Cayuga, New York, retired 2014-04-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 capacity1 MW
Retirement date2014-04-01
EIA plant ID#57636

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address43 Allen Street, Auburn, NY, 13021
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 — Cayuga 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)19,301
IT / tech employment16
Construction employment1,054
Land value$4,355/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate9.58¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.99¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply5.4 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days700
Mean annual temp46°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index35.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers7 · 62% 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 Auburn LFG Energy Facility — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Greenidge Generation LLCcoal plant5025.7 mi—
Auburn State Streetnatural gas plant71.1 mi—
Seneca Energynatural gas plant612.5 mi—
Honeywell Water Treatment Plantformer power_plant site215.8 micleanup_complete
Oswego Falls Westformer hydro site127.2 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 Auburn LFG Energy Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Auburn LFG Energy Facility
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Honeywell Water Treatment PlantBrownfieldNYOnondaga—2 MW4.9 yrs65.7
ELBRIDGESubstation-AdjacentNYCayuga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs64.5
TAP161180Substation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.6
DEADEND167224Substation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.4
MILTONSubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.3
HARRISSubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.3
TAP140450Substation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.3
BELMONTSubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs59.3

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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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