Central Energy Facility
BrownfieldClemson, Pickens, South Carolina · Clemson University - Main Campus
Central Energy Facility is a natural gas plant in Clemson, Pickens, South Carolina, retired 2018-07-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 5 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 — Pickens 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 Central Energy Facility — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John S Rainey | natural gas plant | 530 | 23.2 mi | — |
| Anderson Regional Landfill | natural gas plant | 3 | 22.7 mi | — |
| Cornell Dubilier | oil plant | 3 | 12.4 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 Central Energy Facility, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN110410 | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Oconee County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.0 |
| TAP151035 | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Greenville County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.7 |
| JOCASSEE TIE | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Pickens County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.9 |
| UNKNOWN152501 | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Transylvania County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.7 |
| SHILOH SWITCHING STATION | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Greenville County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 67.1 |
| UNKNOWN113984 | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Hart County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.5 |
| CENTRAL TIE | Substation-Adjacent | SC | Pickens County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.8 |
| EC Coal Anderson County | Greenfield | SC | Anderson County | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 65.1 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- DartPoints Greenville, SC - GSP1Greenville, SC · 3 networks
- DC BLOX GSP1 - DCBLOX GreenvilleGreenville, 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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