OZ Ballard

Greenfield

Ballard County, Kentucky · PJM

DC Readiness
53.4
Fair / 100

OZ Ballard is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Ballard County, Kentucky, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 53.4/100 DC Readiness and a 3.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_DUKE
Wholesale LMP$41.74/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.10¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth221
Avg queue wait3.6 yrs
Recent queue wait4.7 yrs
Completion rate7%
Withdrawal rate93%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPQuad State Internet METRO1 Colocation
IXP distance20.2 mi
Fiber providers4
Fiber coverage100.0%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance341.7 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerTENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability0.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Woody Wetlands

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone AE (SFHA)
Water stress (WRI)0.40
Wetlands (NWI)Present
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score45/100
Construction cost index79.8 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterQuad State Internet METRO1 Colocation
DC distance20.2 mi
Nearest rail4.6 mi
Nearest gas pipeline7.0 mi
Nearest fiber route256.5 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (30)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.59¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.87¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,300
Heating degree days4,300
Land price / acre$4,478

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on electricity for large industrial users; KBI tax credits.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
37
Fiber connectivity12%
79
Energy cost10%
86
Water risk8%
88
Natural hazard8%
45
Buildability7%
0
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
60
Land / acreage3%
48
Construction cost3%
84
Gas pipeline2%
78
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
60

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near OZ Ballard
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN122854Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW4.6 yrs67.6
Greenfield (UNKNOWN122836 - UNKNOWN122854)Greenfield161 kV100 MW4.6 yrs62.8
Greenfield (UNKNOWN122836 - UNKNOWN122854)Greenfield161 kV100 MW4.6 yrs62.6
EC Coal Ballard CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs61.2
EC FFE Ballard CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs60.3
OZ BallardGreenfield3.6 yrs58.7
West Kentucky Technology ParkShovel-Ready54.8
Haynes Property -- Wickliffe Site 007-006Shovel-Ready52.1

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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