Skip to content
Gridcensus

EC Coal Kenosha County

Greenfield

Kenosha County, Wisconsin · MISO

DC Readiness
57.2
Good / 100

At a glance

EC Coal Kenosha County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, scoring 57.2/100 DC Readiness — 26th of 62 scored sites in the county. It sits in the MISO grid region and the WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO service territory, where interconnection has averaged 4.3 years from request to operation.

Power & interconnection

LMP zoneMISO_ILLINOIS
Wholesale LMP$33.26/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.14¢/kWh
UtilityWISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER COinvestor ownedfavorable to large load · terms ≥ 100 MWVery Large Customer (VLC) tariff · 10 yr

Speed to power

Interconnection outlookModerate
≈ 4.9 yrs typical interconnection wait

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

ISO / RTO regionMISO
Queue depth133
Avg queue wait4.3 yrs
Recent queue wait4.9 yrs
Completion rate18%
Withdrawal rate82%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPNETRIX - BBN
IXP distance21.6 mi
Fiber providers10
Fiber coverage69.1%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance45.8 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerNot Available
Land contactKenosha County County Assessor
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability15.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Woody Wetlands
Former usecoal adjacent

Risk & environment

Environmental constraintModerate (45/100)
Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.30
Wetlands (NWI)Present
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteKENOSHA UNIF SCH DIST 1 PRAIRIE LANE
Hazard sub-score58/100
Construction cost index87.1 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterDatacenter 1510420026
DC distance11.0 mi
Nearest rail1.4 mi
Nearest gas pipeline2.2 mi
Nearest fiber route42.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (22)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity13.74¢/kWh
Industrial electricity9.28¢/kWh
Cooling degree days600
Heating degree days7,200
Land price / acre$8,832

Regulatory climate

Moderatestate posture · as of 2026-08

No notable statewide DC restriction on record; confirm local zoning and utility tariffs.

DC tax incentiveNo / suspended

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone tax credits; TIF available for DC construction in eligible areas.

Site location

◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
This site + 8 nearby

Get alerts

Track EC Coal Kenosha County

Get an email when its DC-readiness score, available capacity, or interconnection-queue status changes.

No spam. Just the alerts you asked for.

How does EC Coal Kenosha County compare with other sites in Kenosha County?

EC Coal Kenosha County ranks 26th of 62 scored candidate sites in Kenosha County. Its 57.2/100 is roughly in line with the county average of 57.9. It is roughly in line with the Wisconsin average of 55.4 and roughly in line with the national average of 53.2.

Against the Wisconsin average, its strongest sub-score is fiber connectivity (75 vs 67) and its weakest is natural hazard (58 vs 77). Power and speed to power each carry 20% of the composite score, fiber 12%, water 7% and hazard 6%.

How close is EC Coal Kenosha County to power, fiber and other datacenters?

The nearest located transmission bottleneck is WEC34101_SUSSEX_36341_1 (MISO), 46 miles away. For connectivity, the nearest internet exchange facility is NETRIX - BBN at 21.6 miles. 10 fiber providers report service at the location in FCC broadband data. The closest operating datacenter on record is Datacenter 1510420026, 11 miles away.

What are the flood, water and hazard risks at EC Coal Kenosha County?

The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk). WRI rates baseline water stress at 0.30 on a 0–5 scale. Mapped wetlands (National Wetlands Inventory) are present on the parcel. A Superfund site is nearby (KENOSHA UNIF SCH DIST 1 PRAIRIE LANE). At the county level, FEMA's National Risk Index rates Kenosha County "Relatively Low".

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power20%
48
Fiber connectivity12%
75
Energy cost10%
84
Water risk7%
94
Natural hazard6%
58
Buildability7%
15
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
90
Land / acreage3%
45
Construction cost3%
77
Gas pipeline2%
93
Tax incentive1%
100
Climate / cooling1%
95

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Kenosha County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
PLEASANT PRAIRIESubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs71.1
UNKNOWN121936Substation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs70.3
BAINSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.3 yrs67.0
ZIONSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW4.8 yrs66.3
EC Near Pleasant PrairieGreenfield——4.3 yrs63.5
EC Coal Kenosha CountyGreenfield——4.3 yrs63.3
EC Near Pleasant PrairieGreenfield——4.3 yrs63.1
PARISSubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs61.8

EC Coal Kenosha County: common questions

What is the DC Readiness score of EC Coal Kenosha County?

EC Coal Kenosha County scores 57.2/100 on the GridCensus DC Readiness scale, rated good. It ranks 26th of 62 scored sites in Kenosha County. The Kenosha County average is 57.9 and the Wisconsin average is 55.4.

Which electric utility serves EC Coal Kenosha County?

WISCONSIN ELECTRIC POWER CO (investor owned) holds the retail service territory that contains the site; its holding company is WISCONSIN ENERGY CORP.

What grid region is EC Coal Kenosha County in?

EC Coal Kenosha County is in the MISO region. Projects interconnecting there have averaged a 4.3-year wait from queue request to operation.

Is EC Coal Kenosha County in a flood zone?

The site is in FEMA flood zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area (minimal or moderate flood risk).

Who owns EC Coal Kenosha County?

Parcel records list the owner as Not Available (private land).

How far is EC Coal Kenosha County from an internet exchange?

The nearest internet exchange facility is NETRIX - BBN, about 21.6 miles away; 10 fiber providers report service at the location.

Related pages

About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “EC Coal Kenosha County, Kenosha County, WI”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/wisconsin/kenosha-county/ec-coal-kenosha-county-c4bd4312 (data as of October 10, 2026).

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.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for EC Coal Kenosha County, Kenosha County is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.