EC FFE Effingham County

Greenfield

Effingham County, Illinois · PJM

DC Readiness
56.5
Good / 100

EC FFE Effingham County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Effingham County, Illinois, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 56.5/100 DC Readiness and a 4.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_COMED
Wholesale LMP$33.95/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth265
Avg queue wait4.6 yrs
Recent queue wait2.9 yrs
Completion rate21%
Withdrawal rate79%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPH5 Data Centers St. Louis (MO01)
IXP distance91.3 mi
Fiber providers4
Fiber coverage58.8%
Nearest cloud providerAzure
Nearest cloud regionnorthcentralus
Cloud region distance201.1 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerAMEREN ILLINOIS COMPANY
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability50.0/100
Former usefossil fuel employment

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.60
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score65/100
Construction cost index85.1 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterNCSA Petascale Computing Facility
DC distance73.9 mi
Nearest rail1.9 mi
Nearest gas pipeline9.2 mi
Nearest fiber route147.4 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively High (35)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity10.91¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.97¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,100
Heating degree days5,600
Land price / acre$7,723

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone sales tax exemption; High Impact Business designation for $12M+ DC investments.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
44
Fiber connectivity12%
65
Energy cost10%
93
Water risk8%
87
Natural hazard8%
65
Buildability7%
50
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
20
Land / acreage3%
43
Construction cost3%
79
Gas pipeline2%
70
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
70

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC FFE Effingham County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN121712Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs64.7
TAP139403Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs62.7
UNKNOWN122053Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.6 yrs62.6
EC Coal Effingham CountyGreenfield4.6 yrs59.0
EC Coal Effingham CountyGreenfield4.6 yrs57.1
OZ EffinghamGreenfield4.6 yrs56.4
Discount Gas & Liquors, IncIndustrial40.8
BIBLE GROVE/MASON ILFederal Excess39.9

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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