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Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Park

Brownfield

Sarasota County, Florida · SERC

DC Readiness
59.0
Good / 100

Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Park is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Sarasota County, Florida, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 59.0/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 0 MW of candidate capacity and a 1.0 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationTAP154557
Substation distance0.5 mi
Available capacity0 MW
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh
UtilityFLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COinvestor ownedfavorable to large load · terms ≥ 50 MWLarge Load Contract Service (LLCS, ≥50 MW) · 90% min take · 20 yr

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookFavorable
≈ 1.0 yrs typical interconnection wait

Shorter queues and healthier completion here — a faster path to energization than the national norm.

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1
Avg queue wait1.0 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPWOW! Business (Tampa Datacenter)
IXP distance42.4 mi
Fiber providers9
Fiber coverage82.6%
Nearest cloud providerGoogle
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance431.9 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage450 ac
Buildable load (est.)~180–450 MWland-based· grid headroom is tighter
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity0 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintLow (30/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)1.20
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteGOODYEAR AUTO SERVICE CENTER
Hazard sub-score35/100
Construction cost index85.7 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterCyrusOne Tampa
DC distance42.5 mi
Nearest rail0.6 mi
Nearest gas pipeline0.5 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Very High (55)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity10.92¢/kWh
Industrial electricity9.18¢/kWh
Cooling degree days3,500
Heating degree days700
Land price / acre$12,958

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

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

Site location

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≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

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Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
47
Speed to power20%
65
Fiber connectivity12%
28
Energy cost10%
96
Water risk7%
84
Natural hazard6%
35
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
40
Land / acreage3%
72
Construction cost3%
79
Gas pipeline2%
98
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
0

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Park
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BENEVASubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs63.0
PHILLIPPISubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.8
SAWGRASSSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.8
INTERSTATESubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.8
TAP143096Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.8
UNKNOWN108468Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.7
LAURELWOODSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.0 yrs62.6
OZ SarasotaGreenfield——3.6 yrs62.6

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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