EC Coal Powell County

Greenfield

Powell County, Kentucky · PJM

DC Readiness
56.6
Good / 100

EC Coal Powell County is a greenfield datacenter candidate site in Powell County, Kentucky, interconnecting through PJM. It screens at 56.6/100 DC Readiness and a 3.6 yrs average interconnection-queue wait.

Power & interconnection

LMP zonePJM_DUKE
Wholesale LMP$41.74/MWh
Utility commercial rate0.11¢/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 distance43.9 mi
Fiber providers5
Fiber coverage73.0%
Nearest cloud providerAWS
Nearest cloud regionus-east-2
Cloud region distance155.7 mi

Site characteristics

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

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)0.40
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyClear
Hazard sub-score70/100
Construction cost index91.0 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterQX.Net Lexington
DC distance43.9 mi
Nearest rail10.6 mi
Nearest gas pipeline7.2 mi
Nearest fiber route78.0 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Moderate (30)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity11.20¢/kWh
Industrial electricity8.52¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,300
Heating degree days4,300
Land price / acre$3,262

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%
61
Energy cost10%
93
Water risk8%
92
Natural hazard8%
70
Buildability7%
45
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
45
Land / acreage3%
50
Construction cost3%
74
Gas pipeline2%
77
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
60

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near EC Coal Powell County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
Greenfield (UNKNOWN121777 - TAP156090)Greenfield161 kV100 MW3.6 yrs57.1
Greenfield (J K SMITH (138 KV) - UNKNOWN12)Greenfield138 kV100 MW3.6 yrs56.7
EC FFE Powell CountyGreenfield3.6 yrs55.4
Clay City Business ParkShovel-Ready49.1
Reed & Manning Industrial ParkShovel-Ready49.0
Mine SiteFormer Mine43.3
Mine SiteFormer Mine43.3
Mine SiteFormer Mine40.9

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

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