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Oswego Falls West

Brownfield

Fulton, Oswego, New York · Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Oswego Falls West is a former hydro site in Fulton, Oswego, New York, retired 2005-09-01. 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 useformer hydro site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1 MW
Retirement date2005-09-01
EIA plant ID#2596

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address249 Riverside Avenue, Fulton, NY, 13069
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former hydro site 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 — Oswego 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)23,076
Construction employment1,544
Land value$2,848/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate7.82¢/kWh
Industrial power rate4.55¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply34.9 MGD
Industrial water use2.6 MGD
Cooling degree days700
Mean annual temp46°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index35.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers6 · 25% 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 Oswego Falls West — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Oswego Harbor Powernatural gas plant9211.4 mi—
Auburn State Streetnatural gas plant728.2 mi—
Honeywell Water Treatment Plantformer power_plant site219.9 micleanup_complete
Auburn LFG Energy Facilitynatural gas plant127.2 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 Oswego Falls West, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Oswego Falls West
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
LAFAYETTESubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs66.3
DEWITTSubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs65.6
UNKNOWN125434Substation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs65.4
Honeywell Water Treatment PlantBrownfieldNYOnondaga—2 MW4.9 yrs65.3
CLAYSubstation-AdjacentNYOnondaga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs65.0
ELBRIDGESubstation-AdjacentNYCayuga County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs64.5
EC Coal Onondaga CountyGreenfieldNYOnondaga County——3.5 yrs61.9
EC Coal Onondaga CountyGreenfieldNYOnondaga County——3.5 yrs61.8

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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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