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Fir Street

Industrial

Elko County, Nevada · WECC

DC Readiness
46.4
Fair / 100

At a glance

Fir Street is an industrial datacenter candidate site in Elko County, Nevada, scoring 46.4/100 DC Readiness — 22nd of 108 scored sites in the county. It sits in the WECC grid region and the WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO service territory, where interconnection has averaged 3.5 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

UtilityWELLS RURAL ELECTRIC COcooperative

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookConstrained
≈ 5.5 yrs typical interconnection wait

Deep queue and long historical waits — plan for a multi-year interconnection timeline and engage the utility early.

ISO / RTO regionWECC
Queue depth77
Avg queue wait3.5 yrs
Recent queue wait5.5 yrs
Completion rate17%
Withdrawal rate84%

Connectivity

Fiber providers8
Fiber coverage69.2%

Site characteristics

Site typeIndustrial

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintNone (0/100)
Water stress (WRI)Extremely High
Wetlands (NWI)—
Critical habitat—
Superfund nearby—
Hazard sub-score88/100

Location context

County hazard (FEMA NRI)Very Low (12)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_abatement)
Commercial electricity7.61¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.50¢/kWh
Cooling degree days2,000
Heating degree days3,700
Land price / acre$647

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: Partial abatement of sales/use tax and personal property tax for $25M+ DC investments.

Site location

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This site + 8 nearby

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How does Fir Street compare with other sites in Elko County?

Fir Street ranks 22nd of 108 scored candidate sites in Elko County. Its 46.4/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 47.2. It is roughly in line with the Nevada average of 48.5 and about 13% below the national average of 53.2.

Against the Nevada average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (72 vs 66) and its weakest is power availability (30 vs 35). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is Fir Street to power, fiber and other datacenters?

8 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at Fir Street?

At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Elko County "Very Low".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
51
Fiber connectivity12%
72
Energy cost10%
50
Water risk7%
10
Natural hazard6%
88
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
10
Land / acreage3%
54
Construction cost3%
50
Gas pipeline2%
10
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
25

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Fir Street
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
HUMBOLDTSubstation-Adjacent360 kV600 MW3.5 yrs58.7
WELLSSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs58.5
COYOTE CREEKSubstation-Adjacent360 kV600 MW3.5 yrs57.0
EC FFE Elko CountyGreenfield——3.5 yrs54.8
ELKOSubstation-Adjacent120 kV100 MW3.5 yrs52.4
CARLINSubstation-Adjacent120 kV100 MW3.5 yrs52.4
OZ ElkoGreenfield——3.5 yrs52.3
EIGHT MILE CREEKSubstation-Adjacent120 kV100 MW3.5 yrs52.3

Fir Street: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of Fir Street?

Fir Street scores 46.4/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated fair. It ranks 22nd of 108 scored sites in Elko County. The Elko County average is 47.2 and the Nevada average is 48.5.

Which electric utility serves Fir Street?

WELLS RURAL ELECTRIC CO (cooperative) holds the retail service territory that contains the site.

What grid region is Fir Street in?

Fir Street is in the WECC region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 3.5-year wait from queue request to operation.

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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, “Fir Street, Elko County, NV”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/nevada/elko-county/fir-street-258e15c2 (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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