Pleasant Prairie

Brownfield

Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha, Wisconsin · Wisconsin Electric Power Co

Legacy capacity
1,235
MW

Pleasant Prairie is a coal plant in Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha, Wisconsin, retired 2018-04-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 1,235 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 usecoal plant
Site typeretired_plant
Existing capacity1,235 MW
Retirement date2018-04-01
EIA plant ID#6170

Grid hookup & remediation

Nearest substation1.7 mi
OperatorWisconsin Electric Power Co
Operator address8000 95th Street, Pleasant Prairie, WI, 53158
Why this site is datacenter-attractive: a coal 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 Pleasant Prairie, ranked by DC Readiness.

Candidate sites near Pleasant Prairie
SiteTypeStateCountyVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN121936Substation-AdjacentWIKenosha County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs79.1
PLEASANT PRAIRIESubstation-AdjacentWIKenosha County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs76.9
RACINESubstation-AdjacentWIRacine County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs75.7
TAP137895Substation-AdjacentILLake County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs75.1
OAK CREEK STATIONSubstation-AdjacentWIMilwaukee County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs75.0
ZIONSubstation-AdjacentWIMilwaukee County345 kV600 MW1.4 yrs74.4
SILVER LAKESubstation-AdjacentILMcHenry County345 kV600 MW2.2 yrs74.1
WaukeganBrownfieldILLake803 MW73.0

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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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