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Huntington Avenue Landfill

Brownfield

Essex County, Massachusetts · ISO-NE

DC Readiness
61.6
Good / 100

Huntington Avenue Landfill is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Essex County, Massachusetts, interconnecting through ISO-NE. It screens at 61.6/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 1 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.9 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationTAP137040
Substation distance0.4 mi
Substation voltage115 kV
Available capacity1 MW
LMP zoneISONE_NEMA
Wholesale LMP$47.20/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.16¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionISO-NE
Queue depth48
Avg queue wait3.9 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPNavisite Andover
IXP distance2.8 mi
Fiber providers8
Fiber coverage58.9%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance416.0 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage30 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity1 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteMSPCA METHUEN
Hazard sub-score68/100
Construction cost index117.0 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterNavisite Andover
DC distance2.8 mi
Nearest rail2.3 mi
Nearest gas pipeline0.2 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (22)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity16.43¢/kWh
Industrial electricity16.09¢/kWh
Cooling degree days600
Heating degree days5,900
Land price / acre$20,111

Site location

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≥ 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%
41
Speed to power15%
41
Fiber connectivity12%
88
Energy cost10%
65
Water risk8%
88
Natural hazard8%
68
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
33
Construction cost3%
53
Gas pipeline2%
99
Tax incentive2%
0
Climate / cooling2%
95

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Huntington Avenue Landfill
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
WARD HILLSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs64.1
Old Groveland Rd. Landfill SolarBrownfield3 MW3.9 yrs62.4
OZ EssexGreenfield3.5 yrs62.1
UNKNOWN136229Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.9 yrs61.7
OZ EssexGreenfield3.5 yrs60.5
TAP140678Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.9 yrs59.7
Greenfield (WAKEFIELD JUNCTION - TEWKSBURY)Greenfield345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs59.6
WEST METHUENSubstation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.9 yrs59.5

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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