Darlington County

Brownfield

Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina · Duke Energy Progress - (NC)

Legacy capacity
730
MW

Darlington County is a oil plant in Hartsville, Darlington, South Carolina, retired 2020-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 730 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 capacity730 MW
Retirement date2020-03-01
EIA plant ID#3250

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.8 mi
OperatorDuke Energy Progress - (NC)
Operator address4030 West Bobo Newsom Highway, Hartsville, SC, 29550
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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Darlington County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Darlington County
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CAMDENSubstation-AdjacentSCKershaw County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs69.0
SOCIETY HILLSubstation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs67.9
TAP170187Substation-AdjacentSCLee County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs67.3
UNKNOWN150888Substation-AdjacentSCDarlington County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs67.0
UNKNOWN151883Substation-AdjacentSCLee County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs66.5
Darlington CountyBrownfieldSCDarlington County730 MW3.7 yrs65.8
TAP148313Substation-AdjacentSCMarlboro County230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs65.0
H B RobinsonBrownfieldSCDarlington County223 MW3.7 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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