Rochester 9
BrownfieldRochester, Monroe, New York · Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
Rochester 9 is a natural gas plant in Rochester, Monroe, New York, retired 2014-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 19 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 — 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
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 Rochester 9 — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester 7 | coal plant | 253 | 8.3 mi | — |
| RED-Rochester, LLC | coal plant | 89 | 3.6 mi | — |
| Rochester 3 | oil plant | 19 | 2.2 mi | — |
| Iola Powerhouse & Cogeneration Facility | natural gas plant | 4 | 3.6 mi | — |
| Emerson Street Landfill | former landfill site | 3 | 2.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Payne Beach Road landfill | former landfill site | 3 | 11.7 mi | cleanup_complete |
| City of Canandaigua - Phase I | former landfill site | 2 | 26.4 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 Rochester 9, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCHESTER #80 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Monroe County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 65.3 |
| PANNELL | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Ontario County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 65.1 |
| City of Canandaigua - Phase I | Brownfield | NY | Ontario | — | 2 MW | 4.9 yrs | 62.8 |
| UNKNOWN124706 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Monroe County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 4.9 yrs | 62.2 |
| RED-Rochester, LLC | Brownfield | NY | Monroe County | — | 89 MW | 3.5 yrs | 61.8 |
| UNKNOWN124708 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Monroe County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 4.9 yrs | 61.7 |
| OZ Monroe | Greenfield | NY | Monroe | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 61.5 |
| EC Near Rochester 3 | Greenfield | NY | Monroe | — | — | 3.5 yrs | 61.3 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- CentriLogic Rochester (ROC)Rochester, NY · 2 networks
- Rochester ColoPittsford · 1 networks
- Gafachi 1 West Main RochesterRochester, NY · 0 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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