Fernandina Plant

Brownfield

Nassau County, Florida · SERC

DC Readiness
55.8
Good / 100

Fernandina Plant is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Nassau County, Florida, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 55.8/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 13 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Available capacity13 MW
Utility commercial rate0.12¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1
Avg queue wait3.6 yrs
Recent queue wait3.3 yrs
Completion rate26%
Withdrawal rate74%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPSBA Edge - Jacksonville (JAX)
IXP distance25.4 mi
Fiber providers7
Fiber coverage63.9%
Nearest cloud providerGCP
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance194.9 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Parcel ownerRayonier Advanced Materials
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability95.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Developed, Medium Intensity
Former usebiomass
Existing capacity13 MW
Retirement date2012-07-01

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone AE (SFHA)
Water stress (WRI)1.20
Wetlands (NWI)Present
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteRAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS LLC FERNANDINA PLANT
Hazard sub-score10/100
Construction cost index68.8 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterCologix Jacksonville JAX1
DC distance25.4 mi
Nearest rail0.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline24.8 mi
Nearest fiber route154.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Very High (55)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity12.16¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.74¢/kWh
Cooling degree days3,500
Heating degree days700
Land price / acre$4,919

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on manufacturing machinery including servers; no state income tax.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
24
Speed to power15%
55
Fiber connectivity12%
72
Energy cost10%
89
Water risk8%
80
Natural hazard8%
10
Buildability7%
95
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
60
Land / acreage3%
56
Construction cost3%
93
Gas pipeline2%
20
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
0

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Fernandina Plant
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN108391Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs71.5
Greenfield (DUVAL - THALMANN)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs70.5
Greenfield (DUVAL - THALMANN)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs69.6
Greenfield (DUVAL - THALMANN)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs68.8
Greenfield (DUVAL - THALMANN)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs68.7
Greenfield (UNKNOWN111864 - DUVAL)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs68.6
Greenfield (NORTHSIDE - NORMANDY)Greenfield230 kV300 MW5.8 yrs67.7
Greenfield (UNKNOWN111864 - DUVAL)Greenfield500 kV1,000 MW5.8 yrs67.5

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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