Skip to content
Gridcensus

Refuse & Coal

Brownfield

COLUMBUS, Franklin, Ohio · City of Columbus - (OH)

Legacy capacity
90
MW

Refuse & Coal is a former waste site in COLUMBUS, Franklin, Ohio, retired 1995-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 90 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 useformer waste site
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity90 MW
Retirement date1995-12-01
EIA plant ID#312

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address2500 Jackson Pike, COLUMBUS, OH, 43223
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former waste site 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 — Franklin 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)646,254
IT / tech employment3,212
Construction employment33,075
Land value$11,462/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.35¢/kWh
Industrial power rate9.95¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.8%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply155.8 MGD
Industrial water use0.5 MGD
Cooling degree days900
Mean annual temp51°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers19 · 41% 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.

Get alerts

Track Refuse & Coal

Get an email when its DC-readiness score, available capacity, or interconnection-queue status changes.

No spam. Just the alerts you asked for.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Refuse & Coal, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Refuse & Coal
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CORRIDORSubstation-AdjacentOHDelaware County765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.2
UNKNOWN151647Substation-AdjacentOHDelaware County765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs65.9
HAYDENSubstation-AdjacentOHFranklin County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.6
UNKNOWN113629Substation-AdjacentOHFranklin County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.6
HYATTSubstation-AdjacentOHDelaware County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs65.2
CORRIDORSubstation-AdjacentOHDelaware County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.6
BIXBYSubstation-AdjacentOHFranklin County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.4
JUG STREETSubstation-AdjacentOHLicking County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs64.3

Nearby internet exchanges

See all datacenter sites in Ohio →

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.

Go deeper than the public screen

This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Refuse & Coal, COLUMBUS, Franklin, Ohio. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.