Savannah River's Biomass Steam Plant

Brownfield

Aiken County, South Carolina · SERC

DC Readiness
67.4
Good / 100

Savannah River's Biomass Steam Plant is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Aiken County, South Carolina, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 67.4/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 20 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance1.0 mi
Available capacity20 MW
Utility commercial rate0.12¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1

Connectivity

Nearest IXPColumbia County Community Broadband Utility
IXP distance23.6 mi
Fiber providers9
Nearest cloud providerGoogle
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance101.5 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage34 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former usesuperfund
Existing capacity20 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteSHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
Hazard sub-score50/100
Construction cost index109.0 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterMeta Aiken Data Center
DC distance10.2 mi
Nearest rail1.9 mi
Nearest gas pipeline3.0 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (40)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity12.43¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.50¢/kWh
Cooling degree days2,000
Heating degree days2,400
Land price / acre$5,606

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on DC equipment; fee-in-lieu of property tax for $50M+ investments.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
47
Speed to power15%
63
Fiber connectivity12%
78
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
85
Natural hazard8%
50
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
85
Land / acreage3%
58
Construction cost3%
59
Gas pipeline2%
90
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
25

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Savannah River's Biomass Steam Plant
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN117189Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.7 yrs75.3
UNKNOWN153963Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.7 yrs72.0
TAP153959Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.9
TAP141826Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs71.4
UNKNOWN117189Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs70.4
UNKNOWN120805Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.3
UNKNOWN156723Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.1
TAP142104Substation-Adjacent115 kV100 MW3.7 yrs70.0

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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