Belleville Landfill Project

Brownfield

St. Clair County, Illinois · PJM

DC Readiness
65.9
Good / 100

Belleville Landfill Project is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in St. Clair County, Illinois, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 65.9/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 13 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance1.1 mi
Available capacity13 MW
Utility commercial rate0.09¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth265

Connectivity

Nearest IXPNetrality St. Louis - 900 Walnut
IXP distance13.4 mi
Fiber providers9
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance263.5 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage55 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity13 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteHOERNIS AUTO BODY
Hazard sub-score55/100
Construction cost index93.9 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterTierPoint
DC distance13.6 mi
Nearest rail0.4 mi
Nearest gas pipeline5.7 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.18¢/kWh
Industrial electricity3.59¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$9,310

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%
45
Speed to power15%
37
Fiber connectivity12%
88
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
88
Natural hazard8%
55
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
80
Land / acreage3%
58
Construction cost3%
72
Gas pipeline2%
82
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
70

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Belleville Landfill Project
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
TURKEY HILLSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.6 yrs71.9
PORTER RDSubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs68.3
TAP156135Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs68.1
Greenfield (PRAIRIE STATE STATION - JARVIS)Greenfield345 kV600 MW4.6 yrs66.1
UNKNOWN157809Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs65.8
TAP169374Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs65.8
E BELLEVILLESubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs65.1
OZ St. ClairGreenfield4.6 yrs65.0

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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