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Greenidge Power Plant and Data Center

Yates County, NY

Source: OpenStreetMap

Greenidge Power Plant and Data Center is a mapped data center in Yates County, NY. DataCentersExposed has documented 55 MW of reported power capacity, a 95,894 sq ft footprint and $2.9M in tracked tax abatements at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Power
55 MW
Footprint
95,894 sq ft
Water
37.2K gpd
Utility
New York State Elec & Gas Corp
Grid
NYIS
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Greenidge Power Plant and Data Center is a mapped data center in Yates County, New York, tied to Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. Its reported footprint is 95,894 square feet. The site draws power from New York State Electric and Gas Corp inside the NYIS balancing authority.

The grid behind this site, right now

source: NYISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
35%
Fossil right now
62%
Grid operator
NYISO
  • Natural Gas61.6%
  • Hydro17.7%
  • Nuclear15.8%
  • Other3.0%
  • Wind1.9%

Real-time generation mix for the NYISO grid this site draws from, as of Aug 17, 2026, 7:55 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA
Nearest substation
229 ft
Greenidge Generation LLC · 115 kV
Transmission line
80 ft
115 kV line
Municipal water
No service area
self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77
Total reported: $2.9M
  • ConstructionTax break$1,049,094
    Yates County Industrial Development Agency, DRESDEN, NY · granted 2019 · term yr · source
  • ConstructionTax break$1,803,559
    Yates County Industrial Development Agency, DRESDEN, NY · granted 2019 · term yr · source

Water use

  • Reported withdrawal37.2K gpd
    2021 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal33K gpd
    2020 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal27.4K gpd
    2019 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal34K gpd
    2018 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal44.8K gpd
    2017 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal68.1K gpd
    2016 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal78.5K gpd
    2015 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal84K gpd
    2014 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal67.5K gpd
    2013 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal45.8K gpd
    2012 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal72K gpd
    2011 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal54.4K gpd
    2010 · surface · matched by location (445 m, medium confidence) · source

Location-matched records come from state withdrawal reporting, which redacts owner names in the public release. A nearby withdrawal point is circumstantial evidence — the distance and confidence shown are part of the claim.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Greenhouse-gas emissions

source: EPA GHGRP / FLIGHT
Reported 2023 CO₂e
— t
GHGRP subparts: C,D

Reported to EPA as “Greenidge Generation LLC · parent: GREENIDGE GENERATION HOLDINGS LLC (100%)

  • 2023 — t
  • 2022 — t
  • 2021 — t
  • 2020 — t
  • 2019 — t
  • 2018 — t
  • 2017 — t
  • 2016 — t

Total CO₂e reported under EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, summed across reporting sectors. Linked to this site by EPA Registry ID.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
36
O3
Good
33
PM2.5
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Central New York Region), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$71K
People of color
3%
Below poverty
14%
Tract population
2,093

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Penn Yan Middle School in Penn Yan, is 5.7 mi from this site (328 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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