99 Islands
BrownfieldBlacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina · Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
99 Islands is a former hydro site in Blacksburg, Cherokee, South Carolina, retired 2018-12-01. 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Cherokee 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 99 Islands — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James E. Rogers Energy Complex | coal plant | 1,010 | 19.9 mi | — |
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility | natural gas plant | 736 | 10.6 mi | — |
| Sediver | natural gas plant | 520 | 17.9 mi | — |
| Gastonia Duke Street | oil plant | 2 | 24.3 mi | — |
| Gastonia Rankin Lake | oil plant | 2 | 24.8 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 99 Islands, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWPORT TIE | Substation-Adjacent | SC | York County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 74.3 |
| Sediver | Brownfield | SC | York County | — | 520 MW | 3.7 yrs | 71.2 |
| UNKNOWN111316 | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Cleveland County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 3.8 yrs | 69.1 |
| RIPP SWITCHING STATION | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Cherokee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.8 |
| RIVERVIEW SWITCHING STATION | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Cherokee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.0 |
| PACOLET TIE | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Cherokee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.0 |
| UNKNOWN133860 | Substation-Adjacent | NC | Cherokee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 3.8 yrs | 65.9 |
| EC Near Sediver | Greenfield | SC | York | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 65.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- CLT2Charlotte, NC · 7 networks
- DartPoints Spartanburg, SC - SPA1Spartanburg, SC · 4 networks
- Flexential - Charlotte/South (CLT1/2/3)Charlotte, NC · 4 networks
- HSW-DC1RHRock Hill, SC · 2 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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