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EC Coal Lackawanna County

Greenfield

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania · PJM

DC Readiness
62.7
Good / 100

EC Coal Lackawanna County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 62.7/100 DC Readiness and a 3.0 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_PECO
Wholesale LMP$38.56/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.08¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth31
Avg queue wait3.0 yrs
Recent queue wait1.6 yrs
Completion rate19%
Withdrawal rate81%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPTierPoint Lehigh Valley
IXP distance51.0 mi
Fiber providers15
Fiber coverage66.0%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-1
Cloud region distance185.0 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Land contactLackawanna County County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability95.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Developed, Medium Intensity
Former usecoal adjacent

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.50
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteNORTHEASTERN ENVELOPE CO
Hazard sub-score62/100
Construction cost index93.4 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterAmazon AWS PHL
DC distance28.7 mi
Nearest rail0.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline6.5 mi
Nearest fiber route101.3 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (28)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity7.76¢/kWh
Industrial electricity5.69¢/kWh
Cooling degree days800
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$7,310

Incentive detail: Keystone Opportunity Zone/KOEZ sales and property tax exemptions in designated areas.

Site location

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

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
42
Fiber connectivity12%
69
Energy cost10%
94
Water risk8%
93
Natural hazard8%
62
Buildability7%
95
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
65
Land / acreage3%
57
Construction cost3%
72
Gas pipeline2%
79
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
85

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Lackawanna County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
LACKAWANNASubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW3.8 yrs61.5
EC Coal Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs61.2
OZ LackawannaGreenfield3.0 yrs61.2
EC Coal Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs61.1
EC FFE Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs61.1
EC Coal Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs61.0
EC Coal Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs60.3
EC Coal Lackawanna CountyGreenfield3.0 yrs60.2

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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