ReNew Riverside Micro Cloud Technology Center (234 Riverside Avenue)

Facility record

Lifecycle

ProposedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

234 Riverside Avenue

Coordinates

41.670002, -72.934109

Serving utility, source-reported

Eversource

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-09-30

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2026-04Proposed

   Bristol Inland Wetlands commission approved the wetlands application with stipulations; the data-center building still needs local site-plan and building approvals

   Underlying source

Source notes

Small edge/'micro cloud' data center on a 1.62-acre remediated brownfield (former Dodge Village dealership) beside the Pequabuck River. Building size varies across sources: the city says ~15,000 sq ft, the Siting Council staff report is referenced in press as ~15,000 gross sq ft over two stories, and The Bristol Edition reported 27,000 sq ft (April 2026) and 14,000 sq ft (August 2026); no single figure is recorded. The Siting Council's Petition 1540 approval (2022-12-08, construction extension 2025-09-19) covers only the fuel-cell plant; the data-center building still needs Bristol land-use and building approvals. In August 2026 the Zoning Commission took up an amendment to drop the 5,001–250,000 sq ft data-center category and require special permits, and the mayor urged limiting data centers over 15,000 sq ft; together these could block the project at its current size. The 4 MW is the on-site fuel-cell rating, not IT load, so no IT capacity is recorded.

Siting Council staff report: 13 Bloom Energy ES-5 solid-oxide fuel cells running on natural gas, in parallel with the grid, supplying about 99% of the data center's base load; the Eversource interconnection is for backup

Sources and provenance

• City of Bristol — Data Center Overview from the Mayor (Riverside Avenue micro cloud building, 4 MW fuel cell, approvals timeline) · source retrieved 2026-09-30
• Connecticut Siting Council — Petition No. 1540 staff report (draft), ReNew Developers LLC, 4.0 MW customer-side fuel cell at 234 Riverside Avenue serving a data center · source retrieved 2026-09-30
• Inland Wetlands approves permit for Riverside Avenue data center · source retrieved 2026-09-30
• Zoning Commission to take up vape shops, data center at special meeting · source retrieved 2026-09-30
• Mayor's column: Let's talk about data center · source retrieved 2026-09-30

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.