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Fairless Hills

Brownfield

Fairless Hills, Bucks, Pennsylvania · Constellation Power, Inc

Legacy capacity
60
MW

Fairless Hills is a natural gas plant in Fairless Hills, Bucks, Pennsylvania, retired 2020-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 60 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 capacity60 MW
Retirement date2020-06-01
EIA plant ID#7701

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.0 mi
Operator address990 South Port Road, Fairless Hills, PA, 19030
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 Fairless Hills, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Fairless Hills
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
SAYREVILLESubstation-AdjacentNJMiddlesex County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs71.6
EAST WINDSORSubstation-AdjacentNJMercer County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs69.9
Paseo Verde South ApartmentsBrownfieldPAPhiladelphia230 kV3.8 yrs68.7
Lake Campus Project at Princeton University (GSHP)BrownfieldNJMercer3.8 yrs68.3
DEANSSubstation-AdjacentNJMiddlesex County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.8
Campbell's Soup #1BrownfieldNJCamden2 MW3.8 yrs67.7
SMITHBURGSubstation-AdjacentNJMonmouth County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.4
South Brunswick Landfill SolarBrownfieldNJMiddlesex13 MW3.8 yrs67.0

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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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