Former Mine Datacenter Sites in Missouri
At a glance
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
Top former mine sites in Missouri
| Site | Type | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Clay County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 58.1 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Clay County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 58.1 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Clay County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 58.1 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Greene County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 58.0 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Platte County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 57.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Platte County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 57.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 57.0 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 57.0 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.8 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Greene County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Greene County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.6 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Platte County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Jackson County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.3 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Platte County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 56.3 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Greene County | — | — | 3.9 yrs | 56.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | St. Louis County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 55.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | St. Louis County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 55.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Platte County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 55.4 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | St. Louis County | — | — | 4.3 yrs | 55.3 |
How does Missouri compare with other states for former mine sites?
With 336 sites, Missouri ranks 19th of the 50 states that have any former mine candidate sites. Kentucky leads with 5,049. Nationally, former mine sites average 49.7/100 DC Readiness, below the 53.0 average across all site types. Across every site type, Missouri averages 55.7, the 12th-highest of 52 states, and its candidate sites face an average interconnection-queue wait of 4.2 years.
Where are the highest-scoring former mine sites in Missouri?
The top 25 range from 58.1 to 55.3 on the 0–100 DC Readiness Score. They are concentrated in Jackson County (10), Platte County (5), Greene County (4) and Clay County (3). By grid region, 20 are in SPP, 4 are in MISO and 1 is in SERC.
County pages: Jackson County · Platte County · Greene County · Clay County
What power, fiber and flood exposure do these former mine sites have?
Their counties have a median of 13 fixed fiber broadband providers in FCC data. The median distance to the nearest internet exchange facility is 7 km. The median interconnection-queue wait in their markets is 4.3 years. None of the 1 with a mapped FEMA flood zone sits in a high-risk (A or V) zone.
Frequently asked questions
How many former mine datacenter sites are in Missouri?
GridCensus catalogs 336 former mine datacenter candidate sites in Missouri, 1% of the national total for this type (19th of 50 states).
What is a former mine datacenter site?
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
What is the best former mine datacenter site in Missouri?
By DC Readiness Score, Mine Site in Clay County ranks first at 58.1/100, followed by Mine Site in Clay County at 58.1.
Which Missouri counties have the best former mine sites?
The top 25 former mine sites in Missouri are concentrated in Jackson County (10), Platte County (5), Greene County (4) and Clay County (3).
How does Missouri score for datacenters overall?
All 3,413 scored sites in Missouri average 55.7/100 DC Readiness, the 12th-highest of 52 states, against a national average of 53.0.
More on former mine sites and Missouri
- All datacenter sites in Missouri· 3,413 sites
- Former Mine datacenter sites nationwide· 26,205 sites
- Industrial sites in Missouri· 1,485 sites
- Substation-Adjacent sites in Missouri· 1,002 sites
- Greenfield sites in Missouri· 495 sites
- Federal Excess sites in Missouri· 83 sites
- Brownfield sites in Missouri· 12 sites
Former Mine sites in other states
- Former Mine sites in Kentucky· 5,049 sites
- Former Mine sites in Pennsylvania· 3,356 sites
- Former Mine sites in West Virginia· 2,495 sites
- Former Mine sites in Virginia· 1,614 sites
- Former Mine sites in Alabama· 1,069 sites
- Former Mine sites in Texas· 935 sites
- Former Mine sites in Ohio· 925 sites
- Former Mine sites in Tennessee· 661 sites
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
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 November 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Former Mine datacenter sites in Missouri”, https://gridcensus.com/site-types/mine/missouri (data as of November 12, 2026).
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