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Bedford Solar Farm

Brownfield

Bedford, Virginia

Legacy capacity
3
MW

Bedford Solar Farm is a former landfill site in Bedford, Virginia. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 3 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 useformer landfill site
Site typeepa_brownfield
Existing capacity3 MW
Acreage20 ac

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.5 mi
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a former landfill site 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.

Nearby brownfield & retired-generation sites

A proximity screen of other retired-plant, contaminated, and EPA-flagged sites near Bedford Solar Farm — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Multitrade of Pittsylvania LPformer biomass site9020.9 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 Bedford Solar Farm, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Bedford Solar Farm
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CLOVERDALE 765KVSubstation-AdjacentVARoanoke city765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs66.3
OZ LynchburgGreenfieldVALynchburg——3.1 yrs63.7
OZ RoanokeGreenfieldVARoanoke——3.1 yrs61.2
Greenfield (CLOVERDALE 765KV - JOSHUA FALL)GreenfieldVALynchburg city765 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs61.2
OZ CampbellGreenfieldVACampbell——3.1 yrs60.4
OZ RoanokeGreenfieldVARoanoke——3.1 yrs60.1
PEAKSVIEWSubstation-AdjacentVALynchburg city138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs60.0
MONELSubstation-AdjacentVALynchburg city138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs60.0

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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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