North Slope Borough, Alaska

DC Readiness
49.8
Fair / 100

Barrow is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in North Slope Borough, Alaska. It screens at 49.8/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 3 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.5 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Available capacity3 MW
Utility commercial rate0.57¢/kWh

Speed to power

Avg queue wait3.5 yrs
Recent queue wait3.5 yrs
Completion rate18%
Withdrawal rate83%

Connectivity

Fiber providers3
Fiber coverage81.1%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionwestus2
Cloud region distance2045.6 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Parcel ownerNorth Slope Borough Power & Light
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former usegas
Existing capacity3 MW
Retirement date2022-11-01

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.20
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteBARROW UTILITIES ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
Hazard sub-score72/100
Construction cost index195.2 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest rail2.7 mi
Nearest gas pipeline71.3 mi
Nearest fiber route0.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (18)
DC tax incentiveNo
Commercial electricity56.80¢/kWh
Cooling degree days0
Heating degree days10,000
Land price / acre$20,972

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
23
Speed to power15%
40
Fiber connectivity12%
74
Energy cost10%
63
Water risk8%
94
Natural hazard8%
72
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
10
Land / acreage3%
39
Construction cost3%
0
Gas pipeline2%
0
Tax incentive2%
0
Climate / cooling2%
100

Nearby comparable sites

Other scored datacenter candidate sites in North Slope Borough, ranked by DC Readiness.

Sites near Barrow
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
DEADHORSEFederal Excess46.5
DEADHORSE - PUT RIVERFederal Excess46.1
EC FFE North Slope BoroughGreenfield3.5 yrs45.4
DEADHORSEFederal Excess44.9
OZ North SlopeGreenfield3.5 yrs43.8
Mine SiteFormer Mine42.3
Mine SiteFormer Mine38.7
Arctic Slope Telephone Association Lease LotIndustrial38.7

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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