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EC Coal St. Clair County

Greenfield

St. Clair County, Missouri · MISO

DC Readiness
56.0
Good / 100

EC Coal St. Clair County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in St. Clair County, Missouri, interconnecting through MISO. It screens at 56.0/100 DC Readiness and a 1.4 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zoneMISO_ILLINOIS
Wholesale LMP$33.26/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh
UtilityEVERGY MISSOURI WESTinvestor ownedfavorable to large load · terms ≥ 75 MWLarge Load Power Service (LLPS, ≥75 MW) · 80% min take · 12 yr

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookFavorable
≈ 1.4 yrs typical interconnection wait

Shorter queues and healthier completion here — a faster path to energization than the national norm.

ISO / RTO regionMISO
Queue depth52
Avg queue wait1.4 yrs
Recent queue wait1.4 yrs
Completion rate18%
Withdrawal rate82%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPQTS Overland Park (OVP1)
IXP distance69.5 mi
Fiber providers3
Fiber coverage74.3%
Nearest cloud providerGCP
Nearest cloud regionus-central1
Cloud region distance241.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Land contactSt. Clair County County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability50.0/100
Former usecoal adjacent

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score62/100
Construction cost index49.2 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterQTS Overland Park (OVP1)
DC distance69.5 mi
Nearest rail11.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline12.1 mi
Nearest fiber route47.0 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (38)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.09¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.56¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,500
Heating degree days4,700
Land price / acre$3,962

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: Qualified data center sales tax exemption (2019 law); state income tax credits.

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%
30
Speed to power20%
52
Fiber connectivity12%
62
Energy cost10%
91
Water risk7%
85
Natural hazard6%
62
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
20
Land / acreage3%
48
Construction cost3%
100
Gas pipeline2%
61
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
50

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal St. Clair County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN117384Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs56.7
UNKNOWN121360Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs55.8
TAP138934Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs54.9
EC Coal St. Clair CountyGreenfield——1.4 yrs54.8
TAP138935Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW2.8 yrs52.9
Appleton City HallIndustrial——2.8 yrs50.1
Knowles PropertyIndustrial——2.8 yrs50.1
Yoss PropertyIndustrial——2.8 yrs50.1

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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