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Mound Plant (USDOE)

Brownfield

Montgomery County, Ohio · PJM

DC Readiness
65.6
Good / 100

Mound Plant (USDOE) is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Montgomery County, Ohio, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 65.6/100 DC Readiness and a 3.8 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationUNKNOWN115095
Substation distance1.3 mi
Substation voltage69 kV
Utility commercial rate0.09¢/kWh
UtilityDAYTON POWER & LIGHT COinvestor ownedmoderate to large load · terms ≥ 25 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 3.8 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth11
Avg queue wait3.8 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPEncore Technologies MSB1
IXP distance2.6 mi
Fiber providers11
Fiber coverage66.9%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-2
Cloud region distance71.3 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage305 ac
Buildable load (est.)~122–305 MWland-based
Land contactState Environmental Cleanup Program
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former usesuperfund
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintLow (30/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.50
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteHARMON FIELD
Hazard sub-score60/100
Construction cost index94.9 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterEncore Technologies MSB1
DC distance2.6 mi
Nearest rail0.9 mi
Nearest gas pipeline2.6 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (30)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity8.78¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.39¢/kWh
Cooling degree days900
Heating degree days5,400
Land price / acre$7,918

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

DC tax incentives paused for 2026; AEP Ohio large-load tariff in force.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended
Large-load threshold≥ 25 MW

AEP Ohio tariff: ≥25 MW, 85% take-or-pay, on-site-gen curtailment sync.

Incentive detail: DC sales tax exemption on equipment and electricity (2022 law); JobsOhio grants.

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%
39
Speed to power20%
40
Fiber connectivity12%
91
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk7%
90
Natural hazard6%
60
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
66
Construction cost3%
71
Gas pipeline2%
92
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
80

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Mound Plant (USDOE)
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
O. H. HUTCHINGS STATIONSubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW3.8 yrs64.9
EC Near O H HutchingsGreenfield——3.2 yrs63.4
EC Coal Montgomery CountyGreenfield——3.2 yrs63.4
EC Near O H HutchingsGreenfield——3.2 yrs62.6
OZ MontgomeryGreenfield——3.2 yrs62.5
OZ MontgomeryGreenfield——3.2 yrs62.4
OZ MontgomeryGreenfield——3.2 yrs62.2
EC Near O H HutchingsGreenfield——3.2 yrs62.2

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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