Old Badger
BrownfieldKaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin · City of Kaukauna
Old Badger is a former hydro site in Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, retired 2012-05-01. 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
Grid hookup & remediation
Site conditions & market — Outagamie 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 Old Badger — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulliam | coal plant | 580 | 22.2 mi | — |
| Consumer Operations LLC | coal plant | 116 | 19.0 mi | — |
| Kimberly Mill | natural gas plant | 35 | 3.3 mi | — |
| Oneida Casino | oil plant | 4 | 16.7 mi | — |
| Winnebago County Landfill Gas | natural gas plant | 4 | 19.1 mi | — |
| New Badger | former hydro site | 4 | 0.0 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 Old Badger, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX RIVER STATION | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Outagamie County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.5 |
| NORTH APPLETON | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Outagamie County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.0 |
| FITZGERALD | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Winnebago County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.5 |
| FOREST JUNCTION | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Calumet County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 66.2 |
| PULLIAM SW YD | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Brown County | 138 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.9 |
| CYPRESS | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Calumet County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 65.6 |
| EC Near Kimberly Mill | Greenfield | WI | Outagamie | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.4 |
| EC Near Oneida Casino | Greenfield | WI | Brown | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 65.3 |
Nearby internet exchanges
- Ethoplex Edge DC - Green BayDe Pere, WI · 1 networks
- ark data centers - Green Bay, WIMenasha, WI · 1 networks
- Ethoplex Edge DC - Fond du LacFriendship, WI · 0 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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