Port Edwards Mill
BrownfieldPort Edwards, Wood, Wisconsin · Domtar Industries Inc
Port Edwards Mill is a oil plant in Port Edwards, Wood, Wisconsin, retired 2013-03-01. Retired generation sites are among the most attractive datacenter redevelopment targets: the existing interconnection was sized for roughly 7 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 — Wood 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 Port Edwards Mill — the environmental neighborhood, ranked by legacy grid capacity.
| Site | Former use | Legacy MW | Distance | Cleanup status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill | former biomass site | 72 | 4.6 mi | — |
| Juneau | oil plant | 16 | 20.8 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 Port Edwards Mill, ranked by DC Readiness.
| Site | Type | State | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARPIN | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Wood County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 67.1 |
| ROCKY RUN | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Portage County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 64.9 |
| HUME | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Wood County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.1 |
| WILDWOOD (MEWD) | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Wood County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 63.0 |
| OZ Portage | Greenfield | WI | Portage | — | — | 1.4 yrs | 63.0 |
| UNKNOWN133229 | Substation-Adjacent | WI | Wood County | 115 kV | 100 MW | 2.8 yrs | 62.9 |
| Greenfield (UNKNOWN129869 - ARPIN) | Greenfield | WI | Wood County | 345 kV | 600 MW | 2.8 yrs | 62.6 |
| Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill | Brownfield | WI | Wood County | — | 72 MW | 1.4 yrs | 62.1 |
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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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