Hal C Weaver Power Plant
BrownfieldAustin, Travis, Texas · University of Texas at Austin
Hal C Weaver Power Plant is a natural gas plant in Austin, Travis, Texas, retired 2008-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 18 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 — Travis 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 Hal C Weaver Power Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decker Creek | natural gas plant | 726 | 7.4 mi | — |
| Holly Street | natural gas plant | 558 | 2.8 mi | — |
| Domain Integrated Energy System | natural gas plant | 5 | 7.7 mi | — |
| GRS Sunset Farms | natural gas plant | 4 | 7.9 mi | — |
| Austin Gas Recovery | natural gas plant | 2 | 7.6 mi | — |
| Grove Landfill | former landfill site | — | 1.4 mi | cleanup_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 Hal C Weaver Power Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECKER | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Travis County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 68.6 |
| EC Near Domain Integrated Energy System | Greenfield | TX | Travis | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 67.2 |
| EC Near Holly Street | Greenfield | TX | Travis | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 66.3 |
| Grove Landfill | Brownfield | TX | Travis | 138 kV | — | 1.7 yrs | 66.2 |
| UNKNOWN304304 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Travis County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 66.1 |
| DESSAU | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Travis County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 65.9 |
| EC Near GRS Sunset Farms | Greenfield | TX | Travis | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 65.8 |
| DUNLAP | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Travis County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 65.2 |
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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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