Salt Lake City Landfill

Brownfield

Salt Lake County, Utah · WECC

DC Readiness
63.1
Good / 100

Salt Lake City Landfill is a brownfield datacenter candidate site in Salt Lake County, Utah, interconnecting through WECC. It screens at 63.1/100 DC Readiness with a catalogued 1 MW of candidate capacity.

Power & interconnection

Substation distance0.6 mi
Available capacity1 MW
Utility commercial rate0.09¢/kWh

Speed to power

ISO / RTO regionWECC
Queue depth74

Connectivity

Nearest IXPFlexential - Salt Lake City/Fairpark (SLC07)
IXP distance0.9 mi
Fiber providers15
Nearest cloud providerGoogle
Nearest cloud regionus-west3
Cloud region distance2.4 mi

Site characteristics

Site typeBrownfield
Acreage4 ac
Land owner typeprivate
Buildability75.0/100
Former uselandfill
Existing capacity1 MW
Cleanup statuscleanup_complete

Risk & environment

Flood zoneZone X
Water stress (WRI)3.80
Wetlands (NWI)Clear
Critical habitatClear
Superfund nearbyPresent
Superfund siteUTAH STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Hazard sub-score75/100
Construction cost index96.5 (avg 100)

Location context

Nearest datacenterFlexential Salt Lake City - Fair Park
DC distance0.9 mi
Nearest rail0.5 mi
Nearest gas pipeline8.7 mi
County hazard (FEMA NRI)Relatively Low (15)
DC tax incentiveYes (sales_tax_exemption)
Commercial electricity9.15¢/kWh
Industrial electricity7.62¢/kWh
Cooling degree days1,000
Heating degree days5,500
Land price / acre$13,993

Incentive detail: Enterprise Zone tax credits; Economic Development Tax Increment Financing (EDTIF).

Full DC Readiness breakdown

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

Power availability20%
47
Speed to power15%
33
Fiber connectivity12%
99
Energy cost10%
100
Water risk8%
24
Natural hazard8%
75
Buildability7%
75
Labor market4%
50
DC cluster4%
100
Land / acreage3%
27
Construction cost3%
70
Gas pipeline2%
72
Tax incentive2%
100
Climate / cooling2%
75

Nearby comparable sites

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

Sites near Salt Lake City Landfill
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
CAMP WILLIAMSSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs76.2
90TH SOUTHSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs75.0
UNKNOWN206797Substation-Adjacent275 kV300 MW1.7 yrs74.2
OQUIRRHSubstation-Adjacent345 kV600 MW1.7 yrs74.1
TAP206407Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.7 yrs73.6
UNKNOWN201528Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW1.7 yrs73.3
UNKNOWN206387Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW1.7 yrs72.9
UNKNOWN206167Substation-Adjacent275 kV300 MW1.7 yrs72.5

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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