Broad Mountain

Brownfield

Schuylkill, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania · Hunlock Creek Generating, LLC

Legacy capacity
11
MW

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

Former usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity11 MW
Retirement date2023-10-01
EIA plant ID#56911

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation12.9 mi
OperatorHunlock Creek Generating, LLC
Operator address99 Commonwealth Road, Schuylkill, PA, 7938
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 Broad Mountain, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Broad Mountain
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN123861Substation-AdjacentPABerks County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs72.7
UNKNOWN123852Substation-AdjacentPALebanon County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs71.7
UNKNOWN123853Substation-AdjacentPALebanon County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs70.7
Greenfield (ALBURTIS - JUNIATA)GreenfieldPABerks County500 kV1,000 MW3.0 yrs70.6
TAP162049Substation-AdjacentPABerks County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs70.3
HUMMELSTOWNSubstation-AdjacentPADauphin County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs70.1
IRONWOOD LLCSubstation-AdjacentPALebanon County230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs69.8
Greenfield (ALBURTIS - JUNIATA)GreenfieldPALebanon County500 kV1,000 MW3.0 yrs69.0

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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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