Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Park

Brownfield

Sarasota County, Florida · SERC

DC Readiness
53.7
Fair / 100

Bee Ridge Landfill / Rothenbach Park is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Sarasota County, Florida, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 53.7/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 0 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance4.0 mi
Available capacity0 MW
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1

Connectivity

Nearest IXPWOW! Business (Tampa Datacenter)
IXP distance42.4 mi
Fiber providers10
Nearest cloud providerGoogle
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance431.9 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage450 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity0 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

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

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%
25
Speed to power15%
59
Fiber connectivity12%
30
Energy cost10%
96
Water risk8%
84
Natural hazard8%
35
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
40
Land / acreage3%
66
Construction cost3%
79
Gas pipeline2%
98
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
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 MW3.6 yrs70.9
LAURELWOODSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs69.8
INTERSTATESubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.4
UNKNOWN120581Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.3
UNKNOWN108468Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.0
UNKNOWN152762Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs66.9
TAP143096Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs66.0
HOWARDSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs65.7

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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