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S. 14th St. Business Park

Industrial

Ford County, Kansas · SPP

DC Readiness
49.3
Fair / 100

At a glance

S. 14th St. Business Park is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Ford County, Kansas, scoring 49.3/100 DC Readiness — 23rd of 48 scored sites in the county. It sits in the SPP grid region and the VICTORY ELECTRIC COOP ASSN INC service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.3 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

Nearest grid bottleneckCIMXF2CIMXF3 · 31 km (SPP)
UtilityVICTORY ELECTRIC COOP ASSN INCcooperativefavorable to large load · state default

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 4.9 yrs typical interconnection wait

Middle-of-the-pack interconnection conditions for this grid.

ISO / RTO regionSPP
Queue depth59
Avg queue wait4.3 yrs
Recent queue wait4.9 yrs
Completion rate16%
Withdrawal rate84%

Connectivity

Fiber providers6
Fiber coverage73.7%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Medium-High
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score65/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterSC DC
DC distance85.1 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (property_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.03¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.32¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,400
Heating degree days5,000
Land price / acre$1,718

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: PEAK program payroll tax incentives; IRB property tax exemptions available.

Site location

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This site + 8 nearby

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How does S. 14th St. Business Park compare with other sites in Ford County?

S. 14th St. Business Park ranks 23rd of 48 scored candidate sites in Ford County. Its 49.3/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 51.3. It is roughly in line with the Kansas average of 53.2 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Kansas average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (73 vs 71) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 38). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is S. 14th St. Business Park to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is CIMXF2CIMXF3 (SPP), 19 miles away. 6 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is SC DC, 85.1 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at S. 14th St. Business Park?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Ford County "Relatively High".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
55
Fiber connectivity12%
73
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
52
Natural hazard6%
65
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
20
Land / acreage3%
52
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
55

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near S. 14th St. Business Park
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CLARK COUNTYSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs61.4
UNKNOWN119662Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs61.3
SPEARVILLESubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs61.2
UNKNOWN119663Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs59.2
UNKNOWN119660Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs55.3
UNKNOWN119659Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs55.3
UNKNOWN119641Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs55.3
UNKNOWN119658Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs55.3

S. 14th St. Business Park: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of S. 14th St. Business Park?

S. 14th St. Business Park scores 49.3/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 23rd of 48 scored sites in Ford County. The Ford County average is 51.3 and the Kansas average is 53.2.

Which electric utility serves S. 14th St. Business Park?

VICTORY ELECTRIC COOP ASSN INC (cooperative) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is SUNFLOWER ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION.

What grid region is S. 14th St. Business Park in?

S. 14th St. Business Park is in the SPP region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.3-year wait from queue request to operation.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “S. 14th St. Business Park, Ford County, KS”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/kansas/ford-county/s-14th-st-business-park-e062d336 (data as of October 10, 2026).

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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