North Wales Diesel
BrownfieldLansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania · North Wales Diesel
North Wales Diesel is a oil plant in Lansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, retired 2024-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 7 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 — Montgomery 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 North Wales Diesel — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddystone Generating Station | coal plant | 707 | 23.9 mi | — |
| Cromby Generating Station | oil plant | 420 | 11.8 mi | — |
| Delaware Generating Station | oil plant | 315 | 19.1 mi | — |
| Schuylkill Generating Station | oil plant | 193 | 19.3 mi | — |
| Gilbert | natural gas plant | 96 | 26.3 mi | — |
| Mickleton Station | natural gas plant | 71 | 27.3 mi | — |
| Chester Operations | oil plant | 67 | 24.9 mi | — |
| Fiberville Estates, LLC. | former manufacturing site | 9 | 27.9 mi | cleanup_complete |
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 North Wales Diesel, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROMBY | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.8 |
| EDDYSTONE | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Delaware County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.1 |
| WHITPAIN | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.7 |
| LIMERICK (500KV SUB) | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.6 |
| UNKNOWN171809 | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Lehigh County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.4 |
| CENTERPOINT | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.4 |
| SCHUYLKILL | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Philadelphia County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.2 |
| ELROY | Substation-Adjacent | PA | Montgomery County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 68.0 |
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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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