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Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility

Brownfield

Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina · Southern Power Co

Legacy capacity
736
MW

Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility is a natural gas plant in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 736 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 capacity736 MW
EIA plant ID#57029

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address240 Battleground Road, Kings Mountain, NC, 28086
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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
NEWPORT TIESubstation-AdjacentSCYork County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs73.5
SediverBrownfieldSCYork County520 MW3.7 yrs71.2
TAP150276Substation-AdjacentSCYork County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.2
CATAWBA 230KV SWITCHING STATIONSubstation-AdjacentSCYork County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.2
OZ YorkGreenfieldSCYork3.7 yrs67.1
RIPP SWITCHING STATIONSubstation-AdjacentSCCherokee County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs66.1
UNKNOWN111316Substation-AdjacentNCCleveland County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.8
EC Near SediverGreenfieldSCYork3.7 yrs65.7

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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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