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RED-Rochester, LLC

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Rochester, Monroe, New York · RED-Rochester, LLC

Legacy capacity
89
MW

RED-Rochester, LLC is a coal plant in Rochester, Monroe, New York, retired 2020-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 89 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity89 MW
Retirement date2020-06-01
EIA plant ID#10025

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.9 mi
Operator addressUnnamed Road, Rochester, NY, 14652
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Monroe 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)331,620
IT / tech employment483
Construction employment16,097
Land value$4,622/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate9.98¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.70¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply53.5 MGD
Industrial water use11.0 MGD
Cooling degree days700
Mean annual temp46°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index35.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers8 · 73% 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 RED-Rochester, LLC — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Rochester 7coal plant2534.8 mi—
Rochester 9natural gas plant193.6 mi—
Rochester 3oil plant192.7 mi—
Iola Powerhouse & Cogeneration Facilitynatural gas plant46.1 mi—
Emerson Street Landfillformer landfill site32.2 micleanup_complete
Payne Beach Road landfillformer landfill site310.2 micleanup_complete
City of Canandaigua - Phase Iformer landfill site227.8 micleanup_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 RED-Rochester, LLC, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near RED-Rochester, LLC
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROCHESTER #80Substation-AdjacentNYMonroe County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs65.3
PANNELLSubstation-AdjacentNYOntario County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs65.1
City of Canandaigua - Phase IBrownfieldNYOntario—2 MW4.9 yrs63.4
RED-Rochester, LLCBrownfieldNYMonroe County—89 MW3.5 yrs62.7
UNKNOWN124706Substation-AdjacentNYMonroe County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs62.3
UNKNOWN124708Substation-AdjacentNYMonroe County115 kV100 MW4.9 yrs62.3
OZ MonroeGreenfieldNYMonroe——3.5 yrs61.5
EC Near Rochester 3GreenfieldNYMonroe——3.5 yrs61.3

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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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