EC Coal Jackson County

Greenfield

Jackson County, Kentucky · PJM

DC Readiness
54.8
Fair / 100

EC Coal Jackson County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Jackson County, Kentucky, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 54.8/100 DC Readiness and a 3.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_DUKE
Wholesale LMP$41.74/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.12¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionPJM
Queue depth221
Avg queue wait3.6 yrs
Recent queue wait4.7 yrs
Completion rate7%
Withdrawal rate93%

Connectivity

Nearest IXPQX.Net Lexington
IXP distance48.2 mi
Fiber providers3
Fiber coverage100.0%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-2
Cloud region distance179.4 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeGreenfield
Parcel ownerEAST KENTUCKY POWER COOP, INC
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability45.0/100
Land cover (NLCD)Deciduous Forest
Former usecoal mine

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.40
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score70/100
Construction cost index48.1 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterQX.Net Lexington
DC distance48.2 mi
Nearest rail11.2 mi
Nearest gas pipeline9.6 mi
Nearest fiber route66.9 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (30)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity12.13¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.99¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,300
Heating degree days4,300
Land price / acre$3,099

Incentive detail: Sales tax exemption on electricity for large industrial users; KBI tax credits.

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
30
Speed to power15%
37
Fiber connectivity12%
42
Energy cost10%
93
Water risk8%
90
Natural hazard8%
70
Buildability7%
45
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
45
Land / acreage3%
51
Construction cost3%
100
Gas pipeline2%
69
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
60

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Jackson County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN121845Substation-Adjacent161 kV100 MW3.6 yrs60.8
EC Coal Jackson CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs59.6
Greenfield (UNKNOWN109413 - UNKNOWN109499)Greenfield161 kV100 MW3.6 yrs57.1
EC Coal Jackson CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs56.7
EC FFE Jackson CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs54.3
EC Coal Jackson CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs52.9
Jackson County Build Ready Regional Industrial ParkShovel-Ready48.6
Mine SiteFormer Mine43.7

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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