Williston

Brownfield

Williston, Williams, North Dakota · Montana-Dakota Utilities Co

Legacy capacity
10
MW

Williston is a natural gas plant in Williston, Williams, North Dakota, retired 2012-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 10 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 capacity10 MW
Retirement date2012-01-01
EIA plant ID#2791

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation3.5 mi
OperatorMontana-Dakota Utilities Co
Operator address907 West 2nd St, Williston, ND, 58801
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 Williston, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Williston
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN175857Substation-AdjacentNDMountrail County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs76.9
NESETSubstation-AdjacentNDMountrail County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs74.4
UNKNOWN131051Substation-AdjacentNDWilliams County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs74.2
TANDESubstation-AdjacentNDWilliams County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs74.1
NESET 230 KVSubstation-AdjacentNDMountrail County230 kV300 MW1.4 yrs73.9
JUDSONSubstation-AdjacentNDWilliams County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs73.6
BLUESubstation-AdjacentNDMcKenzie County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs73.4
WHITESubstation-AdjacentNDMcKenzie County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs73.0

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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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