Silas Ray
BrownfieldBrownsville, Cameron, Texas · Brownsville Public Utilities Board
Silas Ray is a natural gas plant in Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, retired 2019-05-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 28 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 — Cameron 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 Silas Ray — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegle Power | natural gas plant | 1,282 | 22.0 mi | — |
| Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers | former biomass site | 25 | 32.7 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 Silas Ray, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegle Power | Brownfield | TX | Cameron County | 138 kV | 1,282 MW | 3.4 yrs | 71.4 |
| EC Near Aegle Power | Greenfield | TX | Cameron | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 66.2 |
| UNKNOWN305746 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Cameron County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 66.1 |
| RIO HONDO | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Willacy County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 65.9 |
| OZ Cameron | Greenfield | TX | Cameron | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 65.7 |
| OZ Cameron | Greenfield | TX | Cameron | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 64.0 |
| Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers | Brownfield | TX | Hidalgo County | 115 kV | 25 MW | 3.4 yrs | 64.0 |
| EC Near Aegle Power | Greenfield | TX | Cameron | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 63.3 |
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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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