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Central Plant

Brownfield

Greenville, GREENVILLE, South Carolina · Bob Jones University

Legacy capacity
3
MW

Central Plant is a natural gas plant in Greenville, GREENVILLE, South Carolina, retired 2016-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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 capacity3 MW
Retirement date2016-01-01
EIA plant ID#10280

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.7 mi
Operator address1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard, Greenville, SC, 29614
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 — Greenville 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)259,463
IT / tech employment365
Construction employment15,200
Land value$12,103/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.24¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.80¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.7%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply45.9 MGD
Industrial water use0.2 MGD
Cooling degree days2,000
Mean annual temp63°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index40.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers18 · 65% 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 Central Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
W S Leenatural gas plant44919.0 mi—
Enoree Phase II Landfill Gas Recoverynatural gas plant311.4 mi—
Anderson Regional Landfillnatural gas plant321.3 mi—
Spartanburg Water Systemoil plant327.9 mi—
Cornell Dubilieroil plant319.3 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 Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Central Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
SHADY GROVESubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.1
NORTH GREENVILLE TIESubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.8
TAP151035Substation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.7
TIGER TIESubstation-AdjacentSCSpartanburg County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.6
OZ GreenvilleGreenfieldSCGreenville——3.7 yrs67.7
SHILOH SWITCHING STATIONSubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.1
EC Near Enoree Phase II Landfill Gas RecoveryGreenfieldSCGreenville——3.7 yrs66.8
OZ GreenvilleGreenfieldSCGreenville——3.7 yrs66.4

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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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