POTENTIAL DATA CENTER & ENERGY CAMPUS

Acreage

283 acres

Zoning

INDUSTRIAL ZONED

This 283-acre industrial-zoned property in Franklin, Connecticut represents a rare large-scale development opportunity in the New England market, offering the infrastructure foundation and expansion capacity required for a hyperscale data center or AI computing campus. The site provides approximately 1,120 feet of frontage along Connecticut Route 32, adjoins the Norwich Industrial Park, and features natural gas transmission infrastructure traversing the property. Two nearby municipal electric substations—the Stockhouse Road substation operated by Bozrah Light & Power with 81 MVA of installed transformer capacity and the Bean Hill substation operated by Norwich Public Utilities—provide potential interconnection alternatives for prospective users, subject to utility engineering and feasibility studies. The presence of on-site natural gas transmission infrastructure creates the possibility of a behind-the-meter energy strategy incorporating natural gas-fired generation alongside utility power and dedicated substation infrastructure. This combination of attributes—industrial zoning, substantial acreage, proximity to 115 kV electrical infrastructure, and natural gas access—positions the property for a master-planned campus that could accommodate multiple data halls, generation facilities, cooling systems, utility yards, security buffers, and significant future expansion areas. The scale and configuration of the site distinguish it from conventional industrial parcels and address the increasingly difficult challenge of assembling large contiguous tracts with access to multiple energy resources in the Northeast corridor.