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Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company

Brownfield

Worcester County, Massachusetts · ISO-NE

DC Readiness
57.5
Good / 100

Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Worcester County, Massachusetts, interconnecting through ISO-NE. It screens at 57.5/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 1 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.9 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationUNKNOWN139742
Substation distance1.1 mi
Available capacity1 MW
LMP zoneISONE_SEMA
Wholesale LMP$46.50/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.17¢/kWh

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 3.9 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionISO-NE
Queue depth25
Avg queue wait3.9 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPIron Mountain Data Center - Boston (BOS-1)
IXP distance19.5 mi
Fiber providers12
Fiber coverage41.4%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance384.6 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage20 ac
Buildable load (est.)~8–20 MWland-based· grid headroom is tighter
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former usemanufacturing
Existing capacity1 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintLow (30/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteSANITOY INC
Hazard sub-score68/100
Construction cost index112.4 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterIron Mountain Data Center - Boston (BOS-1)
DC distance19.5 mi
Nearest rail0.5 mi
Nearest gas pipeline2.7 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (22)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity17.00¢/kWh
Industrial electricity15.87¢/kWh
Cooling degree days600
Heating degree days5,900
Land price / acre$15,447

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

Site location

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≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

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Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
44
Speed to power20%
33
Fiber connectivity12%
71
Energy cost10%
66
Water risk7%
92
Natural hazard6%
68
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
60
Land / acreage3%
30
Construction cost3%
56
Gas pipeline2%
91
Tax incentive1%
0
Climate / cooling1%
95

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Fitchburg Gas & Electric Light Company
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
MILLBURY NO. 3Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs63.4
WACHUSETTSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs63.3
CARPENTER HILLSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.9 yrs62.4
PRATTS JUNCTIONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.9 yrs61.1
OZ WorcesterGreenfield——3.5 yrs60.8
Greenwood St. LandfillBrownfield115 kV8 MW3.9 yrs60.4
OZ WorcesterGreenfield——3.5 yrs59.3
OZ WorcesterGreenfield——3.5 yrs58.9

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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