Broad Mountain
BrownfieldSchuylkill, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania · Hunlock Creek Generating, LLC
Broad Mountain is a natural gas plant in Schuylkill, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, retired 2023-10-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 11 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Schuylkill 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
Power economics & interconnection
Water & cooling
Hazard, flood & connectivity
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 Broad Mountain — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelabrator Frackville Energy | coal plant | 48 | 13.2 mi | — |
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Fishbach | oil plant | 37 | 8.5 mi | — |
| TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Harwood | oil plant | 32 | 26.0 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 Broad Mountain, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN123855 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Berks County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.5 |
| UNKNOWN123459 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Luzerne County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.5 |
| EC Coal Luzerne County | Greenfield | PA | Luzerne County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 61.4 |
| OZ Columbia | Greenfield | PA | Columbia | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 61.4 |
| UNKNOWN123854 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lebanon County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 61.3 |
| UNKNOWN123853 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lebanon County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 61.1 |
| OZ Lebanon | Greenfield | PA | Lebanon | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 60.9 |
| EC Near TalenEnergy Martins Creek LLC Harwood | Greenfield | PA | Luzerne | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 60.9 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Direct LTx ReadingReading, PA · 1 networks
- Omega PA1Reading, PA · 0 networks
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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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