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VMEA 1 Credit Gen

Brownfield

Manassas, Prince William, Virginia · City of Manassas - (VA)

Legacy capacity
2
MW

VMEA 1 Credit Gen is a oil plant in Manassas, Prince William, Virginia, retired 2007-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 2 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 useoil plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity2 MW
Retirement date2007-12-01
EIA plant ID#7440

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation0.1 mi
Operator address9898 Godwin Drive, Manassas, VA, 20110
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a oil 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 — Prince William 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)110,273
IT / tech employment393
Construction employment15,939
Land value$12,336/acre
Datacenter tax incentivesales_tax_exemption

Power economics & interconnection

Commercial power rate5.55¢/kWh
Industrial power rate5.41¢/kWh
Load growth (FERC-714)3.2%

Water & cooling

Water stressLow
Public water supply79.7 MGD
Industrial water use0.1 MGD
Cooling degree days1,300
Mean annual temp55°F

Hazard, flood & connectivity

FEMA risk index30.0 · Relatively Moderate
Fiber providers7 · 93% 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 VMEA 1 Credit Gen — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.

SiteFormer useLegacy MWDistanceCleanup status
Possum Pointoil plant1,37318.7 mi—
Marsh Run Generation Facilitynatural gas plant19620.3 mi—
Dominion/Lo Maroil plant50.6 mi—
Dean Drive Area Electric Generatorsoil plant31.1 mi—
Church Street Plantoil plant32.6 mi—
Marine Corps Combat Development Commandformer superfund site019.1 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 VMEA 1 Credit Gen, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near VMEA 1 Credit Gen
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BRAMBLETONSubstation-AdjacentVALoudoun County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs69.5
GOOSE CREEKSubstation-AdjacentVALoudoun County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs69.1
CLIFTONSubstation-AdjacentVAManassas Park city500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.8
MOSBYSubstation-AdjacentVAManassas Park city500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.5
OXSubstation-AdjacentVAFairfax County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.2
BRISTERSSubstation-AdjacentVAPrince William County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs68.0
UNKNOWN116661Substation-AdjacentVAStafford County230 kV300 MW3.8 yrs67.9
UNKNOWN116662Substation-AdjacentVAStafford County500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs67.7

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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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