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Whitehead

Brownfield

Springville, Utah, Utah · City of Springville - (UT)

Legacy capacity
12
MW

Whitehead is a natural gas plant in Springville, Utah, Utah, retired 2023-09-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 12 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 capacity12 MW
Retirement date2023-09-01
EIA plant ID#7028

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.3 mi
Operator address450 W. 600 N., Springville, UT, 84663
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 — Utah 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)257,687
IT / tech employment3,360
Construction employment29,820
Land value$15,104/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate10.26¢/kWh
Industrial power rate8.36¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)1.9%

Water & cooling

Water stressHigh
Public water supply196.6 MGD
Industrial water use13.8 MGD
Cooling degree days1,000
Mean annual temp49°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index15.0 · Relatively Low
Fiber providers19 · 79% 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 Whitehead — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Olmsteadformer hydro site109.4 mi—
Heber Cityoil plant524.5 mi—
Paysonnatural gas plant510.2 mi—
Spanish Fork Landfillformer landfill site54.9 micleanup_complete

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 Whitehead, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Whitehead
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EC Near eBay - South JordanGreenfieldUTSalt Lake——1.7 yrs68.4
CAMP WILLIAMSSubstation-AdjacentUTSalt Lake County345 kV600 MW6.9 yrs67.6
LAKESIDE 2Substation-AdjacentUTUtah County345 kV600 MW6.9 yrs67.4
Spanish Fork LandfillBrownfieldUTUtah115 kV5 MW6.9 yrs64.5
SPANISH FORKSubstation-AdjacentUTUtah County345 kV600 MW6.9 yrs64.3
EC Near PaysonGreenfieldUTUtah——1.7 yrs64.1
EC Near PaysonGreenfieldUTUtah——1.7 yrs63.6
EC Near PaysonGreenfieldUTUtah——1.7 yrs63.4

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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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