Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation
BrownfieldCalhoun, McMinn, Tennessee · Resolute Forest Products
Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation is a former biomass site in Calhoun, McMinn, Tennessee, retired 2022-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 63 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 — McMinn 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 Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts Bar Fossil | coal plant | 240 | 21.8 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 Bowater Newsprint Calhoun Operation, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN115420 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Hamilton County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 72.9 |
| TAP155407 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Bradley County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 72.6 |
| UNKNOWN170313 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Bradley County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 70.7 |
| WATTS BAR POWER STATION | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Meigs County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 69.9 |
| VW | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Hamilton County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.8 |
| UNKNOWN115638 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Hamilton County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.8 |
| Greenfield (SEQUOYAH - TAP155408) | Greenfield | TN | Bradley County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.6 |
| UNKNOWN156611 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Hamilton County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 66.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- DC BLOX CHA1 - DCBLOX ChattanoogaChattanooga, TN · 6 networks
- Peace Communications CHA1Chattanooga, TN · 1 networks
- LCUB Data CenterLenoir City · 0 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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