Vernon Dam
BrownfieldVernon, Windham, Vermont · Great River Hydro, LLC
Vernon Dam is a former hydro site in Vernon, Windham, Vermont, retired 2004-06-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 9 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 — Windham 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 Vernon Dam — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erving Paper Mills | oil plant | 3 | 13.6 mi | — |
| Greenfield Solar Farm | former landfill site | 2 | 11.7 mi | cleanup_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 Vernon Dam, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FITZWILLIAM | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 62.2 |
| UNKNOWN132814 | Substation-Adjacent | VT | Windham County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 61.4 |
| VERMONT YANKEE | Substation-Adjacent | VT | Franklin County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 60.0 |
| NORTHFIELD | Substation-Adjacent | MA | Franklin County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 3.9 yrs | 58.7 |
| SCOBIE | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 56.8 |
| WESTPORT | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 56.5 |
| KEENE | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 56.2 |
| SWANZEY | Substation-Adjacent | NH | Cheshire County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 3.9 yrs | 56.1 |
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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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Vernon Dam, Vernon, Windham, Vermont. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 147,272-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.