Tonawanda Landfill (Wales Avenue)
BrownfieldTonawanda, New York
Tonawanda Landfill (Wales Avenue) is a former landfill site in Tonawanda, New York. 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Tonawanda Landfill (Wales Avenue) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Steel Sun Site 2 | former rcra site | 9 | 13.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Lancaster 2 Solar | former landfill site | 7 | 13.1 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Modern Innovative Energy LLC | natural gas plant | 6 | 14.7 mi | — |
| Lancaster 1 Solar | former landfill site | 6 | 13.1 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Broadway Landfill Solar | former landfill site | 5 | 11.2 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Bethlehem Steel Sun | former rcra site | 4 | 13.5 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Tonawanda Landfill | former landfill site | 3 | 0.0 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 Tonawanda Landfill (Wales Avenue), ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonawanda Landfill (Wales Avenue) | Brownfield | NY | Erie | — | 1 MW | 4.9 yrs | 65.2 |
| ELM ST | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.8 |
| SENECA TERMINAL | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.7 |
| STOLLE ROAD | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.5 |
| TAP139843 | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 64.3 |
| GARDENVILLE | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 63.7 |
| HUNTLEY | Substation-Adjacent | NY | Erie County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 4.9 yrs | 63.6 |
| Lancaster 1 Solar | Brownfield | NY | Erie | 115 kV | 6 MW | 4.9 yrs | 63.6 |
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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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