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Mountain Creek

Brownfield

Dallas, Dallas, Texas · Mountain Creek Power, LLC

Legacy capacity
106
MW

Mountain Creek is a natural gas plant in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, retired 2009-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 106 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 capacity106 MW
Retirement date2009-03-01
EIA plant ID#3453

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address2233A Mt. Creek Pkwy., Dallas, TX, 75211
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 — Dallas 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)1,656,248
IT / tech employment6,079
Construction employment96,775
Land value$8,455/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.34¢/kWh
Industrial power rate7.16¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)2.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressMedium-High
Public water supply334.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.5 MGD
Cooling degree days2,600
Mean annual temp65°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers28 · 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 Mountain Creek — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
North Lakenatural gas plant70915.9 mi—
Parkdalenatural gas plant34112.9 mi—
Handleynatural gas plant11916.5 mi—
C E Newmannatural gas plant9622.4 mi—
DFW Gas Recoverynatural gas plant1220.5 mi—
Skyline Gas Recoverynatural gas plant620.2 mi—
Village Creek Water Reclamation Facilityformer biomass site112.5 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 Mountain Creek, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Mountain Creek
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DFW Gas RecoveryBrownfieldTXDenton County14 kV12 MW3.4 yrs68.2
ROANOKESubstation-AdjacentTXTarrant County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.7
WEST PLANOSubstation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.7
EC FFE Tarrant CountyGreenfieldTXTarrant County——3.4 yrs67.7
LIGGETTSubstation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.6
WEST LEVEESubstation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.6
UNKNOWN306290Substation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.6
NORWOODSubstation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.5

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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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