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Cornell Dubilier

Brownfield

Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina · South Carolina Public Service Authority

Legacy capacity
3
MW

Cornell Dubilier is a oil plant in Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, retired 2009-05-01. 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity3 MW
Retirement date2009-05-01
EIA plant ID#56130

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation2.4 mi
Operator address140 Technology Place, Liberty, SC, 29657
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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 — 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

Total employment (laborshed)28,122
IT / tech employment68
Construction employment1,390
Land value$9,117/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate12.34¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.73¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.7%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply33.0 MGD
Industrial water use1.6 MGD
Cooling degree days2,000
Mean annual temp63°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index40.0 · Relatively High
Fiber providers8 · 50% 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 Cornell Dubilier — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
W S Leenatural gas plant44921.0 mi—
Central Energy Facilitynatural gas plant512.4 mi—
Central Plantnatural gas plant319.3 mi—
Anderson Regional Landfillnatural gas plant321.4 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 Cornell Dubilier, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Cornell Dubilier
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
SHADY GROVESubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs69.1
UNKNOWN110410Substation-AdjacentSCOconee County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs69.0
NORTH GREENVILLE TIESubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.8
TAP151035Substation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs68.7
JOCASSEE TIESubstation-AdjacentSCPickens County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs67.9
OZ GreenvilleGreenfieldSCGreenville——3.7 yrs67.7
UNKNOWN152501Substation-AdjacentSCTransylvania County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs67.7
SHILOH SWITCHING STATIONSubstation-AdjacentSCGreenville County230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs67.1

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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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