Franklin (TN)
BrownfieldEstill Springs, Franklin, Tennessee · Tennessee Valley Authority
Franklin (TN) is a natural gas plant in Estill Springs, Franklin, Tennessee. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 510 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 — Franklin 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 Franklin (TN) — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widows Creek | coal plant | 1,969 | 34.5 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 Franklin (TN), ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIDOWS CREEK 500KV | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Dade County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 74.7 |
| FRANKLIN | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Coffee County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 70.2 |
| Franklin (TN) | Brownfield | TN | Franklin County | — | 510 MW | 3.7 yrs | 66.5 |
| TAP152970 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Marion County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 65.4 |
| TAP161981 | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Dade County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 64.5 |
| EC Coal Jackson County | Greenfield | AL | Jackson County | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 63.9 |
| STEVENSON | Substation-Adjacent | AL | Jackson County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 63.8 |
| EC Near Franklin (TN) | Greenfield | TN | Franklin | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 63.4 |
Nearby internet exchanges
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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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