T H Wharton
BrownfieldHouston, Harris, Texas · NRG Texas Power LLC
T H Wharton is a natural gas plant in Houston, Harris, Texas, retired 2005-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 248 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 T H Wharton — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Petrochemicals | natural gas plant | 560 | 23.6 mi | — |
| Greens Bayou | natural gas plant | 446 | 20.4 mi | — |
| Imperial Power Plant LLC | natural gas plant | 12 | 23.8 mi | — |
| Atascocita | natural gas plant | 9 | 17.3 mi | — |
| Pasadena | natural gas plant | 7 | 25.6 mi | — |
| Bluebonnet | natural gas plant | 4 | 18.9 mi | — |
| Conroe | natural gas plant | 3 | 28.3 mi | — |
| Security | natural gas plant | 3 | 30.6 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 T H Wharton, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Near T H Wharton | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 68.5 |
| GREENS BAYOU 345 | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Harris County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 68.3 |
| EC Near T H Wharton | Greenfield | TX | Harris | — | — | 3.4 yrs | 67.9 |
| 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 |
| FRANZ | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Fort Bend County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 67.6 |
| ROTHWOOD | Substation-Adjacent | TX | Montgomery County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 1.7 yrs | 67.5 |
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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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