Newgulf Cogen
BrownfieldNewGulf, Wharton, Texas · Wharton County Generation LLC
Newgulf Cogen is a natural gas plant in NewGulf, Wharton, Texas, retired 2005-02-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 13 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 — Wharton 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 Newgulf Cogen — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Fusco Energy Center | natural gas plant | 400 | 22.0 mi | — |
| Imperial Power Plant LLC | natural gas plant | 12 | 28.3 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 Newgulf Cogen, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Near Imperial Power Plant LLC | Greenfield | TX | Fort Bend | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 66.5 |
| EC Near Jack Fusco Energy Center | Greenfield | TX | Fort Bend | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 66.2 |
| SMITHERS | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Fort Bend County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 66.2 |
| EC Near Imperial Power Plant LLC | Greenfield | TX | Fort Bend | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 65.5 |
| OZ Fort Bend | Greenfield | TX | Fort Bend | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 64.6 |
| Imperial Power Plant LLC | Brownfield | TX | Fort Bend County | 138 kV | 12 MW | 3.4 yrs | 64.3 |
| W.A. PARISH (138KV) | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Fort Bend County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 64.3 |
| EC Near Jack Fusco Energy Center | Greenfield | TX | Fort Bend | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 63.8 |
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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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