Port Neches Plant
BrownfieldPort Neches, Jefferson, Texas · Air Liquide Large Industries U S LP
Port Neches Plant is a natural gas plant in Port Neches, Jefferson, Texas, retired 2023-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 38 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 — Jefferson 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 Port Neches Plant — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine | natural gas plant | 239 | 5.4 mi | — |
| Motiva Enterprises Port Arthur Refinery | natural gas plant | 40 | 6.2 mi | — |
| ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | natural gas plant | 20 | 9.4 mi | — |
| Sabine River Operations | natural gas plant | 16 | 12.8 mi | — |
| Engineered Carbons Echo Cogeneration | natural gas plant | 10 | 18.3 mi | — |
| Air Products Port Arthur | natural gas plant | 3 | 7.8 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 Port Neches Plant, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Hardin County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.7 yrs | 57.2 |
| HARTBURG | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Orange County | 500 kV | 1,000 MW | 1.7 yrs | 56.6 |
| UNKNOWN301966 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Jefferson County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 56.2 |
| OZ Jefferson | Greenfield | TX | Jefferson | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 55.6 |
| EC Near ExxonMobil Beaumont Refinery | Greenfield | TX | Jefferson | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 55.5 |
| EC Near Air Products Port Arthur | Greenfield | TX | Jefferson | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 54.3 |
| UNKNOWN304498 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Orange County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 1.7 yrs | 54.2 |
| UNKNOWN308840 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Orange County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 54.1 |
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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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