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North Main

Brownfield

Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas · Luminant Generation Company LLC

Legacy capacity
81
MW

North Main is a natural gas plant in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, retired 2004-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 81 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 capacity81 MW
Retirement date2004-03-01
EIA plant ID#3493

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address101 N.W. 4th St., Fort Worth, TX, 76124
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 — Tarrant 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)884,438
IT / tech employment1,045
Construction employment59,440
Land value$6,750/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate13.43¢/kWh
Industrial power rate11.50¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)2.5%

Water & cooling

Water stressMedium-High
Public water supply26.5 MGD
Industrial water use0.3 MGD
Cooling degree days2,600
Mean annual temp65°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index55.0 · Very High
Fiber providers24 · 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 North Main — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Eagle Mountainnatural gas plant1,56013.0 mi—
DeCordova Steam Electric Stationnatural gas plant1,27032.6 mi—
North Lakenatural gas plant70924.7 mi—
Handleynatural gas plant1197.2 mi—
DFW Gas Recoverynatural gas plant1228.1 mi—
Westside Landfill Gas Recoverynatural gas plant211.9 mi—
Village Creek Water Reclamation Facilityformer biomass site111.3 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 North Main, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near North Main
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DFW Gas RecoveryBrownfieldTXDenton County14 kV12 MW3.4 yrs68.2
EAGLE MOUNTAINSubstation-AdjacentTXTarrant County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs68.1
ROANOKESubstation-AdjacentTXTarrant County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.7
EC FFE Tarrant CountyGreenfieldTXTarrant County——3.4 yrs67.7
LIGGETTSubstation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.6
UNKNOWN300342Substation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.5
OZ TarrantGreenfieldTXTarrant——3.4 yrs67.4
UNKNOWN301639Substation-AdjacentTXDallas County345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs67.4

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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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