Ashland Solar Carports

Brownfield

New Castle County, Delaware · PJM

DC Readiness
69.7
Good / 100

Ashland Solar Carports is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in New Castle County, Delaware, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 69.7/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 1 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance0.2 mi
Available capacity1 MW
Utility commercial rate0.10¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth79

Connectivity

Nearest IXPIPR Wilmington CCC
IXP distance1.3 mi
Fiber providers7
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance115.0 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity1 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund sitePENINSULA VENTURES
Hazard sub-score72/100
Construction cost index101.2 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterIPR Wilmington CCC
DC distance1.3 mi
Nearest rail0.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline5.6 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (18)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity10.48¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.76¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days4,500
Land price / acre$11,212

Full DC Readiness breakdown

All 13 weighted sub-scores (0–100) behind the composite DC Readiness score.

Power availability20%
49
Speed to power15%
50
Fiber connectivity12%
95
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
89
Natural hazard8%
72
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
61
Construction cost3%
66
Gas pipeline2%
82
Tax incentive2%
0
Climate / cooling2%
70

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in New Castle County, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near Ashland Solar Carports
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROCK SPRINGSSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW1.5 yrs80.4
RED LIONSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW1.5 yrs77.9
KEENEYSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW1.5 yrs76.8
HARMONYSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.5 yrs75.4
UNKNOWN128201Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.5 yrs74.6
HARMONYSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.0 yrs74.1
UNKNOWN129069Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.5 yrs74.1
HOPE CREEKSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW3.1 yrs73.2

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Figures are screening estimates derived from public infrastructure data. Catalogued capacity reflects theoretical candidate capacity, not deliverable or committed interconnection. Confirm all values with the utility, ISO, and on-the-ground due diligence.

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