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Water Filter Plant #2

Brownfield

Morganton, Burke, North Carolina · City of Morganton - (NC)

Legacy capacity
2
MW

Water Filter Plant #2 is a oil plant in Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, retired 2013-05-01. 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity2 MW
Retirement date2013-05-01
EIA plant ID#55534

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Operator address100 Coulter Street, Morganton, NC, 28655
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 — Burke 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)23,068
Construction employment792
Land value$6,651/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.90¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.74¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply23.0 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days1,600
Mean annual temp59°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index42.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers7 · 32% 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.

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Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Water Filter Plant #2, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Water Filter Plant #2
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN111144Substation-AdjacentNCCaldwell County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs62.7
TAP152593Substation-AdjacentNCCaldwell County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs62.5
UNKNOWN111141Substation-AdjacentNCCaldwell County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs62.3
LONGVIEWSubstation-AdjacentNCCatawba County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs60.4
OZ CaldwellGreenfieldNCCaldwell——4.3 yrs60.0
MCDOWELLSubstation-AdjacentNCMcDowell County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs58.4
UNKNOWN110867Substation-AdjacentNCRutherford County115 kV100 MW3.8 yrs57.0
TAP154867Substation-AdjacentNCRutherford County115 kV100 MW3.8 yrs56.9

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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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