OZ Dorchester

Greenfield

Dorchester, Maryland · PJM

DC Readiness
53.7
Fair / 100

OZ Dorchester is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Dorchester, Maryland, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 53.7/100 DC Readiness and a 3.5 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_BGE
Wholesale LMP$49.41/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.14¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth304
Avg queue wait3.5 yrs
Recent queue wait3.2 yrs
Completion rate18%
Withdrawal rate82%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPAiNET MD-790R
IXP distance48.8 mi
Fiber providers3
Fiber coverage11.3%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance82.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerShort Dianna B
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability15.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Woody Wetlands

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteDORCHESTER SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
Hazard sub-score68/100
Construction cost index70.4 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterCyberNAP Glen Burnie
DC distance48.9 mi
Nearest rail1.8 mi
Nearest gas pipeline0.1 mi
Nearest fiber route2.0 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (22)
DC tax incentiveYes (property_tax_credits)
Commercial electricity13.58¢/kWh
Industrial electricity11.29¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,300
Heating degree days4,400
Land price / acre$7,614

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone property tax credits; personal property tax credits on DC equipment.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
42
Fiber connectivity12%
52
Energy cost10%
87
Water risk8%
86
Natural hazard8%
68
Buildability7%
15
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
50
Land / acreage3%
43
Construction cost3%
91
Gas pipeline2%
100
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
60

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near OZ Dorchester
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN123242Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs67.9
Greenfield (UNKNOWN123228 - UNKNOWN123242)Greenfield230 kV300 MW3.1 yrs61.7
OZ DorchesterGreenfield3.5 yrs50.5
Phillips PackagingIndustrial41.7
Mine SiteFormer Mine36.8

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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