Music City Solar
BrownfieldNashville, Tennessee
Music City Solar is a former landfill site in Nashville, Tennessee. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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
Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites
A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Music City Solar — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt University Power Plant | coal plant | 16 | 2.1 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 Music City Solar, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIN HOOK | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Davidson County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 75.8 |
| DAVIDSON | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Williamson County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 74.4 |
| WILSON | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Wilson County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 74.4 |
| RUTHERFORD | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Rutherford County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.0 yrs | 74.0 |
| Music City Solar | Brownfield | TN | Davidson | — | 2 MW | 1.0 yrs | 71.3 |
| OZ Davidson | Greenfield | TN | Davidson | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 69.0 |
| OZ Davidson | Greenfield | TN | Davidson | — | — | 3.7 yrs | 68.7 |
| TAP152140 | Substation-Adjacent | TN | Davidson County | 161 kV | 100 MW | 1.0 yrs | 68.3 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- H5 Data Centers NashvilleNashville, TN · 22 networks
- EdgeConneX Nashville (EDCNAS01)Nashville, TN · 5 networks
- Level(3) Nashville (Sidco Drive)Nashville, TN · 4 networks
- TierPoint NashvilleFranklin, TN · 4 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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