Northern States Flambeau

Brownfield

Park Falls, Price, Wisconsin · Northern States Power Co - Minnesota

Legacy capacity
16
MW

Northern States Flambeau is a natural gas plant in Park Falls, Price, Wisconsin, retired 2017-12-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 16 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 usenatural gas plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity16 MW
Retirement date2017-12-01
EIA plant ID#3984

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation3.8 mi
OperatorNorthern States Power Co - Minnesota
Operator address550 Wisconsin Ave, Park Falls, WI, 54552
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a natural gas 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.

Nearby datacenter candidate sites

Scored candidate sites near Northern States Flambeau, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Northern States Flambeau
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
FLAMBEAU SOLAR PARTNERSSubstation-AdjacentWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs66.3
UNKNOWN132505Substation-AdjacentWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs65.9
UNKNOWN107656Substation-AdjacentWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs62.2
TAP139527Substation-AdjacentWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs62.2
Greenfield (UNKNOWN132502 - UNKNOWN132503)GreenfieldWIRusk County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs61.9
TAP139526Substation-AdjacentWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs61.9
Greenfield (UNKNOWN132502 - UNKNOWN132503)GreenfieldWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs61.7
Greenfield (UNKNOWN132502 - UNKNOWN132505)GreenfieldWIPrice County115 kV100 MW1.4 yrs61.6

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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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