AI data center sites in Rhode Island
5 Rhode Island counties scored on transmission, the interconnection queue, power price and tax. Updated October 18, 2026.
Open a county for its queue requests, substations, plants and data centers.
| County | Score | Pipeline | Power price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 4 MW | 21.9¢/kWh | |
| 17 | 715 MW | 21.9¢/kWh | |
| 16 | - | 21.9¢/kWh | |
| 8 | - | 21.9¢/kWh | |
| 5 | - | 21.9¢/kWh |
Pipeline: active generation and storage requests in the ISO queue, or EIA planned plants where larger (outside the ISOs). Top kV: highest substation voltage. Power price: the state's industrial average. DCs: GPU colocation, mining sites and AI campuses.
What the data shows
The strongest Rhode Island counties for a large AI load are Providence County (27), Washington County (17) and Kent County (16) on the site score. Rhode Island sits in ISO-NE; its ISO queues hold 201 MW of active generation and storage requests, and it has 3 substations at 345 kV and up.
Industrial power averaged 21.9¢/kWh (EIA, July 2026 YTD), against 22.0¢/kWh a year earlier, the 49th lowest of the 50 states and DC. Rhode Island has no data center-specific sales tax exemption. We track 0 AI campuses and 0 GPU-ready colocation facilities here.
Top 5 counties in detail
1. Providence CountyISO-NE
Site score 27 of 100
- Transmission
- 16/25
- Generation pipeline
- 0/20
- Industrial power price
- 0/20
- Existing and retiring plants
- 10/15
- Sales tax exemption
- 0/10
- Data center activity
- 0/10
- Market
- ISO-NE
- Queue (active)
- 0 MW
- Agreement signed
- 0 MW
- Planned plants (EIA)
- 4 MW
- Top substation
- 345 kV
- Substations 230 kV+
- 2
- Operating plants
- 1.9 GW
- Retired or retiring
- 69 MW
- Industrial power, RI
- 21.9¢/kWh
- Sales tax exemption
- None
Substations, 115 kV and up
- WEST FARNUM · 11 lines345 kV
- SHERMAN ROAD · 4 lines345 kV
- WOONSOCKET · 9 lines115 kV
- HARTFORD AVENUE · 6 lines115 kV
- FRANKLIN SQUARE · 6 lines115 kV
- JOHNSTON · 6 lines115 kV
- Unnamed · 4 lines115 kV
- DRUMROCK · 4 lines115 kV
Planned, retiring and retired plants
- Pawtucket Power Associates · Gas, retired 202169 MW
2. Washington CountyISO-NE
Site score 17 of 100
- Transmission
- 4/25
- Generation pipeline
- 10/20
- Industrial power price
- 0/20
- Existing and retiring plants
- 3/15
- Sales tax exemption
- 0/10
- Data center activity
- 0/10
- Market
- ISO-NE
- Queue (active)
- 201 MW
- Agreement signed
- 0 MW
- Planned plants (EIA)
- 715 MW
- Top substation
- 115 kV
- Substations 230 kV+
- 0
- Operating plants
- 189 MW
- Retired or retiring
- 0 MW
- Industrial power, RI
- 21.9¢/kWh
- Sales tax exemption
- None
Largest queue requests
| Project | Point of interconnection | MW | Type | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery StorageISO-NE 1163, in service 2029-12 | RIE L190-2 (0.615 miles from Davisville and 1.935 miles from Old Baptist substat | 201 | Storage | In study |
Substations, 115 kV and up
- WEST KINGSTON · 6 lines115 kV
- DAVISVILLE · 4 lines115 kV
- Unnamed · 3 lines115 kV
- WEST KINGSTON · 3 lines115 kV
- TOWER HILL · 2 lines115 kV
- KENYON · 2 lines115 kV
- WOOD RIVER · 2 lines115 kV
- DAVISVILLE · 2 lines115 kV
Planned, retiring and retired plants
- Revolution Wind · Wind, planned 2026715 MW
3. Kent CountyISO-NE
Site score 16 of 100
- Transmission
- 14/25
- Generation pipeline
- 0/20
- Industrial power price
- 0/20
- Existing and retiring plants
- 2/15
- Sales tax exemption
- 0/10
- Data center activity
- 0/10
- Market
- ISO-NE
- Queue (active)
- 0 MW
- Agreement signed
- 0 MW
- Planned plants (EIA)
- 0 MW
- Top substation
- 345 kV
- Substations 230 kV+
- 1
- Operating plants
- 148 MW
- Retired or retiring
- 0 MW
- Industrial power, RI
- 21.9¢/kWh
- Sales tax exemption
- None
Substations, 115 kV and up
- KENT COUNTY · 6 lines345 kV
- BLACKBURN SWITCHING STATION · 6 lines115 kV
- KENT COUNTY · 6 lines115 kV
- DRUMROCK · 6 lines115 kV
- BLACKBURN SWITCHING STATION · 4 lines115 kV
- BLACKBURN SWITCHING STATION · 4 lines115 kV
4. Newport CountyISO-NE
Site score 8 of 100
- Transmission
- 4/25
- Generation pipeline
- 0/20
- Industrial power price
- 0/20
- Existing and retiring plants
- 4/15
- Sales tax exemption
- 0/10
- Data center activity
- 0/10
- Market
- ISO-NE
- Queue (active)
- 0 MW
- Agreement signed
- 0 MW
- Planned plants (EIA)
- 0 MW
- Top substation
- 115 kV
- Substations 230 kV+
- 0
- Operating plants
- 317 MW
- Retired or retiring
- 0 MW
- Industrial power, RI
- 21.9¢/kWh
- Sales tax exemption
- None
Substations, 115 kV and up
- TIVERTON POWER PLANT · 4 lines115 kV
- DEXTER · 4 lines115 kV
- JEPSON · 4 lines115 kV
- CANONICUS SWITCHYARD · 4 lines115 kV
- GATE II · 3 lines115 kV
- Unnamed · 3 lines115 kV
- TIVERTON POWER PLANT · 2 lines115 kV
5. Bristol CountyISO-NE
Site score 5 of 100
- Transmission
- 4/25
- Generation pipeline
- 0/20
- Industrial power price
- 0/20
- Existing and retiring plants
- 1/15
- Sales tax exemption
- 0/10
- Data center activity
- 0/10
- Market
- ISO-NE
- Queue (active)
- 0 MW
- Agreement signed
- 0 MW
- Planned plants (EIA)
- 0 MW
- Top substation
- 115 kV
- Substations 230 kV+
- 0
- Operating plants
- 16 MW
- Retired or retiring
- 0 MW
- Industrial power, RI
- 21.9¢/kWh
- Sales tax exemption
- None
Substations, 115 kV and up
- WARREN · 4 lines115 kV
Data center tax exemption in Rhode Island
No data center-specific sales tax exemption found; 2026 bills (H 7695 and S 2346) that would have created sales, use and property tax exemptions for qualified data centers investing at least $400 million ($200 million in an enterprise zone) were held for further study and not enacted.
Recent change: 2026: H 7695 was held for further study in House Finance on May 7, 2026, and the Senate companion S 2346 was held in committee; neither passed.
Source: Rhode Island Division of Taxation, 2026-05-07. General information, not tax advice; ask your tax advisor.
How the score works
Six parts out of 100: transmission (25), generation in the queue (20), the state's industrial power price (20), existing and retiring plants (15), sales tax exemption (10) and data center activity (10). The site finder's methodology prints each formula and every source with its date. Markets: ISO New England.
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