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Office Depot Parking Lot

Industrial

Lancaster County, Nebraska · SPP

DC Readiness
56.4
Good / 100

At a glance

Office Depot Parking Lot is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Lancaster County, Nebraska, scoring 56.4/100 DC Readiness — 71st of 84 scored sites in the county. It sits in the SPP grid region and the LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.3 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

Nearest grid bottleneckNEBS56S40S55 · 77 km (SPP)
UtilityLINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEMmunicipalfavorable to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 4.9 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionSPP
Queue depth25
Avg queue wait4.3 yrs
Recent queue wait4.9 yrs
Completion rate16%
Withdrawal rate84%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPBinary Net Vault
IXP distance2.6 mi
Fiber providers10
Fiber coverage93.1%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Medium-High
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score72/100

Location context

Nearest datacenterLincoln Data Centers
DC distance2.6 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (28)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.80¢/kWh
Industrial electricity6.91¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days6,200
Land price / acre$6,481

Regulatory climate

Favorablestate posture · as of 2026-08

Public-power incentives; DC-friendly.

DC tax incentiveYes

Incentive detail: ImagiNE Nebraska Act: sales tax exemption on DC equipment; investment tax credits.

Site location

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

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How does Office Depot Parking Lot compare with other sites in Lancaster County?

Office Depot Parking Lot ranks 71st of 84 scored candidate sites in Lancaster County. Its 56.4/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 59.4. It is roughly in line with the Nebraska average of 52.1 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Nebraska average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (97 vs 66) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 37). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is Office Depot Parking Lot to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is NEBS56S40S55 (SPP), 48 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is Binary Net Vault at 2.6 miles. 10 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Lincoln Data Centers, 2.6 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Office Depot Parking Lot?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Lancaster County "Relatively Moderate".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
54
Fiber connectivity12%
97
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
60
Natural hazard6%
72
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
50
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
75

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Office Depot Parking Lot
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN131937Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs67.4
UNKNOWN131734Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs67.2
UNKNOWN131949Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs67.2
MOORESubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs65.7
UNKNOWN131899Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs62.7
UNKNOWN131898Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs62.7
UNKNOWN131943Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs62.6
UNKNOWN131703Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW4.3 yrs62.5

Office Depot Parking Lot: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of Office Depot Parking Lot?

Office Depot Parking Lot scores 56.4/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 71st of 84 scored sites in Lancaster County. The Lancaster County average is 59.4 and the Nebraska average is 52.1.

Which electric utility serves Office Depot Parking Lot?

LINCOLN ELECTRIC SYSTEM (municipal) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is Office Depot Parking Lot in?

Office Depot Parking Lot is in the SPP region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.3-year wait from queue request to operation.

How far is Office Depot Parking Lot from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is Binary Net Vault, about 2.6 miles away; 10 fiber providers report service at the location.

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About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Office Depot Parking Lot, Lancaster County, NE”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/nebraska/lancaster-county/office-depot-parking-lot-2bfe60bb (data as of October 10, 2026).

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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