American Bottoms Solar Project

Brownfield

St. Louis County, Missouri · PJM

DC Readiness
68.7
Good / 100

American Bottoms Solar Project is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in St. Louis County, Missouri, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 68.7/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 2 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance0.5 mi
Available capacity2 MW
Utility commercial rate0.10¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth265

Connectivity

Nearest IXPNetrality St. Louis - 900 Walnut
IXP distance3.4 mi
Fiber providers7
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance263.8 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former usepower_plant
Existing capacity2 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteAFFTON FABRICATING WELDING
Hazard sub-score52/100
Construction cost index0.0 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterTierPoint St Louis
DC distance3.6 mi
Nearest rail0.3 mi
Nearest gas pipeline0.1 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (38)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.73¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.60¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,500
Heating degree days4,700
Land price / acre$4,601

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

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
48
Speed to power15%
40
Fiber connectivity12%
93
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
91
Natural hazard8%
52
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
80
Land / acreage3%
72
Construction cost3%
100
Gas pipeline2%
100
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
50

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near American Bottoms Solar Project
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
TAP139481Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.6 yrs75.9
UNKNOWN117735Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.6 yrs75.0
CAHOKIASubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.6 yrs73.4
UNKNOWN117739Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs70.9
TAP139449Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs70.8
UNKNOWN157802Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs70.2
UNKNOWN157801Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs70.0
UNKNOWN117939Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs69.7

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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