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Canadys Steam

Brownfield

Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina · Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc

Legacy capacity
490
MW

Canadys Steam is a coal plant in Walterboro, Colleton, South Carolina, retired 2013-11-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 490 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity490 MW
Retirement date2013-11-01
EIA plant ID#3280

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address13139 Augusta Hwy., Walterboro, SC, 29433
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 — Colleton 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)8,228
Construction employment535
Land value$3,789/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.49¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.80¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.7%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply2.1 MGD
Industrial water use0.0 MGD
Cooling degree days2,000
Mean annual temp63°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index40.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers5 · 90% 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 Canadys Steam — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Rowesville Rd Plantnatural gas plant1028.8 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 Canadys Steam, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Canadys Steam
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CANADYSSubstation-AdjacentSCDorchester County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.0
UNKNOWN120914Substation-AdjacentSCHampton County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.5
UNKNOWN120913Substation-AdjacentSCColleton County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs66.9
YEMASSEESubstation-AdjacentSCColleton County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs66.8
UNKNOWN120999Substation-AdjacentSCColleton County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.3
UNKNOWN170117Substation-AdjacentSCDorchester County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs65.0
UNKNOWN154228Substation-AdjacentSCOrangeburg County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs64.8
UNKNOWN120920Substation-AdjacentSCOrangeburg County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs64.8

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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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