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Roxboro

Brownfield

Semora, Person, North Carolina · Duke Energy Progress - (NC)

Legacy capacity
16
MW

Roxboro is a oil plant in Semora, Person, North Carolina, retired 2007-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 16 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity16 MW
Retirement date2007-12-01
EIA plant ID#2712

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.2 mi
Operator address1700 Dunnaway Road, Semora, NC, 27573
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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 — Person 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)7,868
Construction employment541
Land value$4,957/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.56¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.39¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply2.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.2 MGD
Cooling degree days1,600
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index42.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers4 · 37% 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 Roxboro — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Danville New Design Plantoil plant220.7 mi—
Danville Westover Plantoil plant223.4 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 Roxboro, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Roxboro
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CLOVERSubstation-AdjacentVACharlotte County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.5
MAYOSubstation-AdjacentNCPerson County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs62.7
EC Near Mas Durham Power, LLCGreenfieldNCDurham——4.3 yrs62.5
PERSONSubstation-AdjacentNCPerson County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs61.9
UNKNOWN115130Substation-AdjacentNCDurham County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs61.8
HALIFAXSubstation-AdjacentVAHalifax County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs60.1
EAST DANVILLESubstation-AdjacentVADanville city230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs59.2
TAP146707Substation-AdjacentNCCaswell County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs58.5

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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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