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Cleveland Works

Brownfield

Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio · Cleveland Cliffs

Legacy capacity
35
MW

Cleveland Works is a natural gas plant in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, retired 2023-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 35 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 capacity35 MW
Retirement date2023-03-01
EIA plant ID#10398

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.2 mi
Operator address3060 Eggers Road, Cleveland, OH, 44105
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.

Site conditions & market — Cuyahoga 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)614,230
IT / tech employment2,550
Construction employment22,649
Land value$32,555/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.75¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.03¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply222.4 MGD
Industrial water use92.5 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp51°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers20 · 65% 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 Cleveland Works — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Lake Road (OH)coal plant1603.9 mi—
Engleoil plant925.2 mi—
Brooklyn Landfill Solarformer landfill site44.8 micleanup_complete
Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authorityformer manufacturing site10.5 micleanup_complete
Medical Center Company Solarformer brownfield site10.5 micleanup_complete

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 Cleveland Works, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Cleveland Works
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Brooklyn Landfill SolarBrownfieldOHCuyahoga345 kV4 MW3.8 yrs68.0
Medical Center Company SolarBrownfieldOHCuyahoga—1 MW3.8 yrs66.8
UNKNOWN113660Substation-AdjacentOHCuyahoga County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.5
FOXSubstation-AdjacentOHCuyahoga County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs66.5
UNKNOWN113607Substation-AdjacentOHCuyahoga County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.6
JUNIPERSubstation-AdjacentOHCuyahoga County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.5
UNKNOWN137113Substation-AdjacentOHCuyahoga County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.2
NORTH MEDINASubstation-AdjacentOHMedina County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.9

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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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