Skip to content
Gridcensus

Crane Naval

Brownfield

Daviess County, Indiana · PJM

DC Readiness
56.9
Good / 100

Crane Naval is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Daviess County, Indiana, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 56.9/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 17 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.8 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationTAP138353
Substation distance0.9 mi
Substation voltage69 kV
Available capacity17 MW
Utility commercial rate0.13¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth62
Avg queue wait3.8 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPIndiana University Data Center
IXP distance28.9 mi
Fiber providers3
Fiber coverage81.1%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance209.7 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage64,000 ac
Land contactState Environmental Cleanup Program
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity17 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.50
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteNHANCED SEMICONDUCTORS
Hazard sub-score58/100
Construction cost index76.1 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterIU Data Center
DC distance28.9 mi
Nearest rail0.9 mi
Nearest gas pipeline6.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (32)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity12.57¢/kWh
Industrial electricity8.77¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days5,500
Land price / acre$9,072

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on DC equipment for $750M+/$400M+ investments; EDGE credits up to 100% of payroll taxes.

Site location

◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
36
Speed to power15%
37
Fiber connectivity12%
28
Energy cost10%
98
Water risk8%
87
Natural hazard8%
58
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
60
Land / acreage3%
66
Construction cost3%
87
Gas pipeline2%
79
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
75

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Crane Naval
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
EDWARDSPORT STATION IGCCSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.8 yrs59.1
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs57.5
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs57.0
Mine SiteFormer Mine1.0 yrs56.5
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs55.9
EDWARDSPORT STATION (138 KV)Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs55.1
TAP138351Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW3.8 yrs53.6
UNKNOWN125593Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW3.8 yrs53.6

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.

Go deeper than the public screen

This page shows a public slice of the GridCensus dataset for Crane Naval, Daviess County. Pro and Enterprise plans unlock the full 164,098-site catalog, raw sub-scores, parcel ownership, interconnection-queue detail, saved searches, and programmatic API access.