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EC Coal Daviess County

Greenfield

Daviess County, Kentucky · MISO

DC Readiness
57.8
Good / 100

At a glance

EC Coal Daviess County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Daviess County, Kentucky, scoring 57.8/100 DC Readiness — 19th of 128 scored sites in the county. It sits in the MISO grid region and the KENERGY CORP service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.3 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_DUKE
Wholesale LMP$41.74/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.12¢/kWh
UtilityKENERGY CORPcooperativefavorable to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 4.9 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionMISO
Queue depth17
Avg queue wait4.3 yrs
Recent queue wait4.9 yrs
Completion rate18%
Withdrawal rate82%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPSITCO Evansville
IXP distance20.9 mi
Fiber providers5
Fiber coverage98.1%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-2
Cloud region distance272.0 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Land contactDaviess County County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability45.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Cultivated Crops
Former usecoal mine

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintModerate (55/100)
Flood zoneZone AE (SFHA)
Water stress (WRI)0.40
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteTRUNNELL SCRAP METALS
Hazard sub-score45/100
Construction cost index72.4 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterSITCO Evansville
DC distance20.9 mi
Nearest rail1.8 mi
Nearest gas pipeline1.0 mi
Nearest fiber route171.5 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (30)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.94¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.77¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,300
Heating degree days4,300
Land price / acre$4,683

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

Site location

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This site + 8 nearby

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How does EC Coal Daviess County compare with other sites in Daviess County?

EC Coal Daviess County ranks 19th of 128 scored candidate sites in Daviess County. Its 57.8/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 54.7. It is roughly in line with the Kentucky average of 52.8 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Kentucky average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (78 vs 63) and its weakest is natural hazard (45 vs 69). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is EC Coal Daviess County to power, fiber and other datacenters?

For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is SITCO Evansville at 20.9 miles. 5 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is SITCO Evansville, 20.9 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Coal Daviess County?

The site is in FEMA flood zone AE, a Special Flood Hazard Area — land with at least a 1% annual chance of flooding. WRI rates baseline water stress at 0.40 on a 0–5 scale. No mapped wetlands are recorded on the parcel. A Superfund site is nearby (TRUNNELL SCRAP METALS). At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Daviess County "Relatively Moderate".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
49
Fiber connectivity12%
78
Energy cost10%
86
Water risk7%
88
Natural hazard6%
45
Buildability7%
45
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
60
Land / acreage3%
47
Construction cost3%
90
Gas pipeline2%
97
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
60

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Daviess County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN124037Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs65.4
DAVIESS COUNTYSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs63.9
OZ DaviessGreenfield——3.9 yrs63.3
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield——3.9 yrs62.7
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield——3.9 yrs62.0
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield——3.9 yrs61.9
EC Coal Daviess CountyGreenfield——4.3 yrs61.7
EC FFE Daviess CountyGreenfield——4.3 yrs61.7

EC Coal Daviess County: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of EC Coal Daviess County?

EC Coal Daviess County scores 57.8/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 19th of 128 scored sites in Daviess County. The Daviess County average is 54.7 and the Kentucky average is 52.8.

Which electric utility serves EC Coal Daviess County?

KENERGY CORP (cooperative) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is EC Coal Daviess County in?

EC Coal Daviess County is in the MISO region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.3-year wait from queue request to operation.

Is EC Coal Daviess County in a flood zone?

The site is in FEMA flood zone AE, a Special Flood Hazard Area — land with at least a 1% annual chance of flooding.

Who owns EC Coal Daviess County?

Parcel records list the owner as KENTUCKY UTILITIES CO (private land).

How far is EC Coal Daviess County from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is SITCO Evansville, about 20.9 miles away; 5 fiber providers report service at the location.

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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, “EC Coal Daviess County, Daviess County, KY”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/kentucky/daviess-county/ec-coal-daviess-county-0a23f9e5 (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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