Milwaukee County
BrownfieldWauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin · Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Milwaukee County is a coal plant in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, retired 2016-04-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 11 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 — Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee County — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Oak Creek | coal plant | 618 | 17.1 mi | — |
| Port Washington Generating Station | coal plant | 340 | 24.7 mi | — |
| MMSD Jones Island Wastewater | natural gas plant | 18 | 6.6 mi | — |
| College Avenue Landfill | former landfill site | 2 | 3.3 mi | cleanup_complete |
| Omega Hills Gas Recovery | natural gas plant | 1 | 12.1 mi | — |
| WPPI Hartford DG | oil plant | 1 | 27.8 mi | — |
| MATC PV Evaluation Lab | former landfill site | 1 | 3.3 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 Milwaukee County, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK CREEK STATION | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Milwaukee County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 71.9 |
| GRANVILLE | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Milwaukee County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.6 |
| RACINE | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Racine County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.3 |
| ARCADIAN | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Waukesha County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.0 |
| BLUEMOUND | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Milwaukee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| DEADEND167359 | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Milwaukee County | 230 kV | 300 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| CEDARSAUK | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Ozaukee County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.8 |
| EC Near MMSD Jones Island Wastewater | Greenfield | WI | Milwaukee | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.7 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- 324 E WisconsinMilwaukee, WI · 6 networks
- TSR Solutions Data CenterMilwaukee, WI · 5 networks
- Data Holdings MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI · 2 networks
- TierPoint MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI · 1 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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This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Milwaukee County, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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.