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West Point (PA)

Brownfield

West Point, Montgomery, Pennsylvania · Merck & Co Inc-West Point

Legacy capacity
6
MW

West Point (PA) is a natural gas plant in West Point, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, retired 2020-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 6 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 capacity6 MW
Retirement date2020-05-01
EIA plant ID#52149

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Operator address770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA, 19486
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 — 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

Total employment (laborshed)468,773
IT / tech employment2,408
Construction employment25,150
Land value$21,260/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 supply63.3 MGD
Industrial water use2.3 MGD
Cooling degree days800
Mean annual temp50°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index28.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers13 · 92% 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 West Point (PA) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Eddystone Generating Stationcoal plant70724.9 mi—
Cromby Generating Stationoil plant42013.0 mi—
Delaware Generating Stationoil plant31519.6 mi—
Schuylkill Generating Stationoil plant19319.9 mi—
Gilbertnatural gas plant9625.1 mi—
Chester Operationsoil plant6726.1 mi—
TalenEnergy Martin Creek LLC Allentownoil plant6428.2 mi—
Fiberville Estates, LLC.former manufacturing site926.6 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 West Point (PA), ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near West Point (PA)
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CROMBYSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.8
EDDYSTONESubstation-AdjacentPADelaware County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs69.1
WHITPAINSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.7
LIMERICK (500KV SUB)Substation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.6
CENTERPOINTSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.4
UNKNOWN171809Substation-AdjacentPALehigh County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.4
SCHUYLKILLSubstation-AdjacentPAPhiladelphia County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs68.2
ELROYSubstation-AdjacentPAMontgomery County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.0

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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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