Sam Bertron
BrownfieldLaporte, Harris, Texas · NRG Texas Power LLC
Sam Bertron is a natural gas plant in Laporte, Harris, Texas, retired 2019-01-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 875 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 — Harrison 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 Sam Bertron — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P H Robinson | natural gas plant | 2,315 | 17.3 mi | — |
| Cedar Bayou | natural gas plant | 765 | 8.2 mi | — |
| Texas Petrochemicals | natural gas plant | 560 | 11.9 mi | — |
| Greens Bayou | natural gas plant | 446 | 11.6 mi | — |
| Webster | natural gas plant | 426 | 14.2 mi | — |
| Bayou Cogen Plant | natural gas plant | 305 | 7.3 mi | — |
| Power Station 3 | natural gas plant | 118 | 25.5 mi | — |
| Deer Park Plant | natural gas plant | 111 | 3.4 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 Sam Bertron, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Plant | Brownfield | TX | Harris County | 138 kV | 111 MW | 3.4 yrs | 70.1 |
| GREENS BAYOU 345 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Harris County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 68.3 |
| OZ Harris | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 67.8 |
| NORTH BELT | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Harris County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 67.7 |
| BELLAIRE | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Harris County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 67.7 |
| OZ Harris | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 67.3 |
| OZ Harris | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 67.0 |
| OZ Harris | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 66.9 |
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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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