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Pittsburg Airport

Brownfield

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Pittsburg Airport is a former landfill site in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for utility-scale 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 useformer landfill site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Acreage8 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.9 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former landfill site 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 brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Pittsburg Airport — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Brunot Islandoil plant514.0 mi—
Hazelwood Green’s Mill 19 Solarformer brownfield site20.0 micleanup_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 Pittsburg Airport, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Pittsburg Airport
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BRUNOT ISLANDSubstation-AdjacentPAAllegheny County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs70.4
Hazelwood Green’s Mill 19 SolarBrownfieldPAAllegheny—2 MW3.8 yrs69.5
CABOTSubstation-AdjacentPAButler County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs69.0
EC Coal Allegheny CountyGreenfieldPAAllegheny County——3.0 yrs67.9
TAP151899Substation-AdjacentPAAllegheny County345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs67.8
EC Coal Allegheny CountyGreenfieldPAAllegheny County——3.0 yrs67.7
EC Near Brunot IslandGreenfieldPAAllegheny——3.0 yrs67.3
CRANBERRYSubstation-AdjacentPABeaver County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.3

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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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