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Knoxville Utilities Board Community Solar

Brownfield

Knoxville, Tennessee

Legacy capacity
1
MW

Knoxville Utilities Board Community Solar is a former manufacturing site in Knoxville, Tennessee. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1 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 useformer manufacturing site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity1 MW

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.6 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former manufacturing site 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 brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Knoxville Utilities Board Community Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Bull Runcoal plant95012.1 mi—
Buffalo Mountain Stage 2former mine site2721.7 micleanup_complete
Buffalo Mountainformer mine site221.7 micleanup_complete
Powerhouse Six Arrayformer superfund site119.3 micleanup_complete
RSI Brightfields Oneformer superfund site019.3 micleanup_complete
OAK RIDGE RESERVATION (USDOE)former superfund site019.3 micleanup_complete

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 Knoxville Utilities Board Community Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Knoxville Utilities Board Community Solar
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
VOLUNTEERSubstation-AdjacentTNKnox County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs74.3
BULL RUNSubstation-AdjacentTNAnderson County500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs73.9
OZ KnoxGreenfieldTNKnox——3.7 yrs68.9
OZ KnoxGreenfieldTNKnox——3.7 yrs68.6
OZ KnoxGreenfieldTNKnox——3.7 yrs66.9
KNOXSubstation-AdjacentTNKnox County161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs66.9
TAP155233Substation-AdjacentTNKnox County161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs66.9
TAP155213Substation-AdjacentTNKnox County161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs66.8

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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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