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Deer Park Plant

Brownfield

LaPorte, Harris, Texas · Oxy Vinyls LP

Legacy capacity
111
MW

Deer Park Plant is a natural gas plant in LaPorte, Harris, Texas, retired 2004-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 111 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity111 MW
Retirement date2004-02-01
EIA plant ID#50471

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.6 mi
Operator address2800 Battleground Rd, LaPorte, TX, 77536
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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.

Site conditions & market — Harrison 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

Total employment (laborshed)18,758
IT / tech employment16
Construction employment1,469
Land value$4,360/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate11.03¢/kWh
Industrial power rate6.92¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)2.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressMedium-High
Public water supply8.5 MGD
Industrial water use8.3 MGD
Cooling degree days2,600
Mean annual temp65°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers10 · 51% served

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 Deer Park Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
P H Robinsonnatural gas plant2,31517.4 mi—
Sam Bertronnatural gas plant8753.4 mi—
Cedar Bayounatural gas plant76511.6 mi—
Texas Petrochemicalsnatural gas plant5608.6 mi—
Greens Bayounatural gas plant44610.1 mi—
Websternatural gas plant42612.7 mi—
Bayou Cogen Plantnatural gas plant3057.3 mi—
Power Station 3natural gas plant11825.7 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 Deer Park Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Deer Park Plant
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Deer Park PlantBrownfieldTXHarris County138 kV111 MW3.4 yrs70.1
GREENS BAYOU 345Substation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs68.3
OZ HarrisGreenfieldTXHarris——3.4 yrs67.8
BELLAIRESubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.7
NORTH BELTSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.7
ROTHWOODSubstation-AdjacentTXMontgomery County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.5
OZ HarrisGreenfieldTXHarris——3.4 yrs67.3
HILLCROFTSubstation-AdjacentTXHarris County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.3

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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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