Sarasota County, Florida · SERC

DC Readiness
63.4
Good / 100

PHILLIPPI is a substation-adjacent datacenter candidate site in Sarasota County, Florida, interconnecting through SERC. It screens at 63.4/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 300 MW of candidate capacity and a 3.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

Nearest substationPHILLIPPI
Substation distance0.0 mi
Substation voltage230 kV
Available capacity300 MW
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionSERC
Queue depth1
Avg queue wait3.6 yrs
Recent queue wait3.3 yrs
Completion rate26%
Withdrawal rate74%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPWOW! Business (Tampa Datacenter)
IXP distance45.8 mi
Fiber providers10
Fiber coverage77.1%
Nearest cloud providerGCP
Nearest cloud regionus-east1
Cloud region distance433.5 mi

Site characteristics

Parcel ownerFLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability60.0/100

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)1.20
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteFPL CO HOWARD SUBSTATION
Hazard sub-score35/100
Construction cost index85.7 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterCyrusOne Tampa
DC distance45.9 mi
Nearest rail2.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline5.9 mi
Nearest fiber route65.1 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Very High (55)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity10.92¢/kWh
Industrial electricity9.18¢/kWh
Cooling degree days3,500
Heating degree days700
Land price / acre$12,958

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on manufacturing machinery including servers; no state income tax.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
78
Speed to power15%
75
Fiber connectivity12%
27
Energy cost10%
89
Water risk8%
83
Natural hazard8%
35
Buildability7%
60
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
40
Land / acreage3%
42
Construction cost3%
79
Gas pipeline2%
81
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
0

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near PHILLIPPI
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
BENEVASubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs70.9
LAURELWOODSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs69.8
INTERSTATESubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.4
UNKNOWN120581Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.3
UNKNOWN108468Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs67.0
UNKNOWN152762Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs66.9
TAP143096Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs66.0
HOWARDSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW3.6 yrs65.7

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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