Blount Street
BrownfieldMadison, Dane, Wisconsin · Madison Gas & Electric Co
Blount Street is a coal plant in Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, retired 2011-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 88 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 — Dane 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 Blount Street — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheepskin | natural gas plant | 42 | 21.5 mi | — |
| UW Madison Charter Street Plant | former biomass site | 22 | 1.5 mi | — |
| Capitol Heat and Power | natural gas plant | 3 | 0.1 mi | — |
| Refuse Hideaway Landfill | former superfund site | 0 | 7.0 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 Blount Street, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDINAL | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Dane County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 68.5 |
| NORTH MADISON 345/138KV | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Dane County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.5 |
| OZ Dane | Greenfield | WI | Dane | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.9 |
| CHRISTIANA | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Jefferson County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.6 |
| BLOUNT | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Dane County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.3 |
| OZ Dane | Greenfield | WI | Dane | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.2 |
| EC Near Blount Street | Greenfield | WI | Dane | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.1 |
| OZ Dane | Greenfield | WI | Dane | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 64.0 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Network 222Madison, WI · 13 networks
- 5Nines DataMadison, WI · 6 networks
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI · 5 networks
- EdgeConneX Madison (EDCMAD01)Madison, WI · 4 networks
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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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