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Leon Creek

Brownfield

San Antonio, Bexar, Texas · City of San Antonio - (TX)

Legacy capacity
189
MW

Leon Creek is a natural gas plant in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, retired 2013-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 189 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 capacity189 MW
Retirement date2013-06-01
EIA plant ID#3609

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.2 mi
Operator address7718 Quintana Rd., San Antonio, TX, 78211
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 — Bexar 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)773,806
IT / tech employment3,829
Construction employment46,706
Land value$7,540/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.15¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.50¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)2.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressMedium-High
Public water supply212.3 MGD
Industrial water use2.0 MGD
Cooling degree days2,600
Mean annual temp65°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers19 · 87% 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 Leon Creek — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
J T Deelycoal plant93215.6 mi—
W B Tuttlenatural gas plant49415.5 mi—
Mission Roadnatural gas plant1146.1 mi—
Tessman Roadnatural gas plant1015.0 mi—
Covel Gardens Gas Recoverynatural gas plant104.7 mi—
Tessman Road Municipal Solid Waste Landfillformer landfill site08.1 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 Leon Creek, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Leon Creek
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CALAVERAS 345 SWITCHYARDSubstation-AdjacentTXBexar County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs68.5
EC Near W B TuttleGreenfieldTXBexar——3.4 yrs68.1
EC Near Tessman RoadGreenfieldTXBexar——3.4 yrs67.4
EC Near Mission RoadGreenfieldTXBexar——3.4 yrs67.3
CAGNON ROADSubstation-AdjacentTXBexar County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs66.9
ARTHUR VON ROSENBERGSubstation-AdjacentTXBexar County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs66.4
BROOKS FIELDSubstation-AdjacentTXBexar County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs66.2
SKYLINESubstation-AdjacentTXBexar County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs66.1

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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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