Emerson Street Landfill

Brownfield

Monroe County, New York · NYISO

DC Readiness
66.9
Good / 100

Emerson Street Landfill is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Monroe County, New York, interconnecting through NYISO. It screens at 66.9/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 3 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance2.0 mi
Available capacity3 MW
Utility commercial rate0.10¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionNYISO
Queue depth426

Connectivity

Nearest IXPGafachi 1 West Main Rochester
IXP distance0.9 mi
Fiber providers8
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance285.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage250 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity3 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.50
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteCCNNE ROCHESTER
Hazard sub-score55/100
Construction cost index96.8 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterGafachi 1 West Main Rochester
DC distance0.9 mi
Nearest rail0.5 mi
Nearest gas pipeline8.3 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.98¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.70¢/kWh
Cooling degree days700
Heating degree days6,100
Land price / acre$4,622

Incentive detail: Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits; IDA property tax abatements (PILOT); Empire State Digital Gaming.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
38
Speed to power15%
31
Fiber connectivity12%
97
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
93
Natural hazard8%
55
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
87
Construction cost3%
69
Gas pipeline2%
73
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
90

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Emerson Street Landfill
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
ROCHESTER #80Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW3.5 yrs68.8
UNKNOWN125198Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs66.8
UNKNOWN125194Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs66.0
MORTIMERSubstation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs66.0
UNKNOWN125186Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs65.9
UNKNOWN125185Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs65.7
UNKNOWN125114Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs65.7
TAP138445Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.5 yrs65.6

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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