EC FFE Gallatin County

Greenfield

Gallatin County, Illinois · PJM

DC Readiness
58.9
Good / 100

EC FFE Gallatin County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Gallatin County, Illinois, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 58.9/100 DC Readiness and a 4.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_COMED
Wholesale LMP$33.95/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth265
Avg queue wait4.6 yrs
Recent queue wait2.9 yrs
Completion rate21%
Withdrawal rate79%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPSITCO Evansville
IXP distance42.5 mi
Fiber providers4
Fiber coverage100.0%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance286.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerAMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability65.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Cultivated Crops
Former usefossil fuel employment

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score65/100
Construction cost index30.4 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterSITCO Evansville
DC distance42.5 mi
Nearest rail12.3 mi
Nearest gas pipeline14.9 mi
Nearest fiber route249.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity10.68¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.74¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$5,746

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone sales tax exemption; High Impact Business designation for $12M+ DC investments.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
44
Fiber connectivity12%
66
Energy cost10%
93
Water risk8%
88
Natural hazard8%
65
Buildability7%
65
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
40
Land / acreage3%
46
Construction cost3%
100
Gas pipeline2%
52
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
70

Nearby comparable sites

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

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UNKNOWN121871Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW4.6 yrs64.0
EC Coal Gallatin CountyGreenfield4.6 yrs58.5
Greenfield (UNKNOWN121870 - UNKNOWN121871)Greenfield161 kV100 MW4.6 yrs58.5
OZ GallatinGreenfield4.6 yrs57.8
Mine SiteFormer Mine41.0
Mine SiteFormer Mine40.6
Mine SiteFormer Mine40.6
Mine SiteFormer Mine40.4

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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