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SUNY Old Westbury College

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Old Westbury, Nassau, New York · SUNY Old Westbury College

Legacy capacity
2
MW

SUNY Old Westbury College is a natural gas plant in Old Westbury, Nassau, New York, retired 2022-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 capacity2 MW
Retirement date2022-03-01
EIA plant ID#58156

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.2 mi
Operator address223 Store Hill Rd., Old Westbury, NY, 11568
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 — Nassau 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)547,964
IT / tech employment1,202
Construction employment32,228
Land value$62,463/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate15.40¢/kWh
Industrial power rate27.43¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.4%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply194.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days700
Mean annual temp46°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index35.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers12 · 100% 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 SUNY Old Westbury College — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Charles Polettioil plant88318.1 mi—
Bridgeport Stationcoal plant58232.5 mi—
Ravenswoodnatural gas plant54520.1 mi—
Glenwoodnatural gas plant2284.7 mi—
Far Rockawaynatural gas plant10016.5 mi—
Waterside Power, LLCoil plant7016.5 mi—
Kennedy International Airport Cogennatural gas plant5015.5 mi—
Plant No 2 Freeportoil plant1910.6 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 SUNY Old Westbury College, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near SUNY Old Westbury College
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
RAINEYSubstation-AdjacentNYNew York County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs72.1
Charles PolettiBrownfieldNYNew York138 kV883 MW4.9 yrs71.0
BRIDGEPORT RESCOSubstation-AdjacentCTGreater Bridgeport Planning Region345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs70.3
DUFFY AVENUE CONVERTER STATIONSubstation-AdjacentNYNassau County500 kV1,000 MW4.9 yrs69.9
SHORE RDSubstation-AdjacentNYNassau County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs68.6
EAST GARDEN CITYSubstation-AdjacentNYNassau County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs67.3
PLEASENTVILLESubstation-AdjacentNYWestchester County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs67.1
UNKNOWN129188Substation-AdjacentNYWestchester County345 kV600 MW4.9 yrs67.1

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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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