Buck
BrownfieldSalisbury, Rowan, North Carolina · Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Buck is a coal plant in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, retired 2013-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 474 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 — Rowan 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 Buck — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Hickory Street | oil plant | 2 | 9.0 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 Buck, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLEAF SWITCHING STATION | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Rowan County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.6 |
| UNKNOWN114701 | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Rowan County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| UNKNOWN114573 | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Cabarrus County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 63.0 |
| OZ Cabarrus | Greenfield | NC | Cabarrus | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 61.8 |
| OZ Rowan | Greenfield | NC | Rowan | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 60.5 |
| EC Near Buck | Greenfield | NC | Rowan | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 59.0 |
| UNKNOWN114916 | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Forsyth County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 58.5 |
| OZ Rowan | Greenfield | NC | Rowan | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 58.0 |
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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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