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Music City Solar

Brownfield

Davidson County, Tennessee · SERC

DC Readiness
71.0
Excellent / 100

Music City Solar is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Davidson County, Tennessee, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 71.0/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 2 MW of candidate capacity and a 1.0 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationCENTRAL
Substation distance0.3 mi
Available capacity2 MW
Utility commercial rate0.10¢/kWh
UtilityNASHVILLE ELECTRIC SERVICEmunicipalfavorable to large load · terms ≥ 50 MW

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookFavorable
≈ 1.0 yrs typical interconnection wait

Shorter queues and healthier completion here — a faster path to energization than the national norm.

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1
Avg queue wait1.0 yrs

Connectivity

Nearest IXPH5 Data Centers Nashville
IXP distance0.7 mi
Fiber providers13
Fiber coverage85.1%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-2
Cloud region distance333.0 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage25 ac
Buildable load (est.)~10–25 MWland-based· grid headroom is tighter
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity2 MW
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 siteHARSCO CORPORATION
Hazard sub-score52/100
Construction cost index110.5 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterOracle Nashville DC
DC distance0.6 mi
Nearest rail0.1 mi
Nearest gas pipeline9.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (38)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.70¢/kWh
Industrial electricity6.28¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,600
Heating degree days3,600
Land price / acre$12,414

Regulatory climate

Favorablestate posture · as of 2026-08

TVA territory, DC-friendly; fast vertically-integrated interconnection.

DC tax incentiveYes
Large-load threshold≥ 50 MW

TVA infrastructure-cost provisions apply to very large loads.

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on DC equipment for $250M+ investments; no state income tax on wages.

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%
49
Speed to power20%
64
Fiber connectivity12%
98
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk7%
90
Natural hazard6%
52
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
48
Construction cost3%
58
Gas pipeline2%
70
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
45

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Music City Solar
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
PIN HOOKSubstation-Adjacent500 kV1,000 MW1.0 yrs75.6
OZ DavidsonGreenfield——3.7 yrs69.0
OZ DavidsonGreenfield——3.7 yrs68.7
ELYSLANSubstation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs68.1
TAP152141Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs68.1
TAP155143Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs68.0
UNKNOWN120838Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs68.0
BATTLEFIELDSubstation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW1.0 yrs68.0

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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