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SECCRA Community Landfill

Brownfield

West Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania · Southeastern Chester County Refuse Auth

Legacy capacity
1
MW

SECCRA Community Landfill is a natural gas plant in West Grove, Chester, Pennsylvania, retired 2010-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 capacity1 MW
Retirement date2010-11-01
EIA plant ID#56873

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.2 mi
Operator address219 Street Road, West Grove, PA, 19390
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.

Site conditions & market — Chester 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

Total employment (laborshed)228,282
IT / tech employment1,091
Construction employment12,665
Land value$13,004/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate7.87¢/kWh
Industrial power rate4.72¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)0.6%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply42.1 MGD
Industrial water use1.5 MGD
Cooling degree days800
Mean annual temp50°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers13 · 88% served

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 SECCRA Community Landfill — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Deepwaternatural gas plant68321.7 mi—
Cromby Generating Stationoil plant42026.0 mi—
Essential Power Rock Springs LLCnatural gas plant39019.6 mi—
North and South Peninsulaformer manufacturing site218.9 micleanup_complete
Delaware City Plantnatural gas plant122.1 mi—
Ashland Solar Carportsformer landfill site118.9 micleanup_complete
DuPont Newportformer superfund site116.4 micleanup_complete
McKees Solar Parkformer landfill site013.6 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 SECCRA Community Landfill, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near SECCRA Community Landfill
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
KEENEYSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.1
RED LIONSubstation-AdjacentDENew Castle County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs70.1
CROMBYSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.8
ROCK SPRINGSSubstation-AdjacentMDHarford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.9
McKees Solar ParkBrownfieldDENew Castle—0 MW3.8 yrs68.8
LIMERICK (500KV SUB)Substation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.6
UNKNOWN130225Substation-AdjacentDEDelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.2
DuPont NewportBrownfieldDENew Castle—1 MW3.8 yrs68.1

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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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