New Castle Plant
BrownfieldWest Pittsburg, Lawrence, Pennsylvania · New Castle Power, LLC
New Castle Plant is a coal plant in West Pittsburg, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, retired 1993-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 70 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 — Lawrence 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 New Castle Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niles Power Plant | coal plant | 266 | 25.3 mi | — |
| Carbon Limestone | natural gas plant | 26 | 8.9 mi | — |
| Montgomery L&D Hydroelectric Project | former hydro site | 10 | 19.7 mi | — |
| Niles | oil plant | 5 | 25.5 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 New Castle Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRANBERRY | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Beaver County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| CRESCENT | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Beaver County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 64.1 |
| OZ Trumbull | Greenfield | OH | Trumbull | — | — | 3.2 yrs | 63.2 |
| OZ Mahoning | Greenfield | OH | Mahoning | — | — | 3.2 yrs | 63.0 |
| EC Coal Beaver County | Greenfield | PA | Beaver County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 62.9 |
| SHENANGO | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lawrence County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.9 |
| OZ Mahoning | Greenfield | OH | Mahoning | — | — | 3.2 yrs | 62.6 |
| MANSFIELD STATION | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Beaver County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.8 yrs | 62.5 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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- DQE Communications (Downtown Pittsburgh)Pittsburgh, PA · 6 networks
- EdgeConneX Pittsburgh (EDCPIT01)Pittsburgh, PA · 5 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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