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Rhodia / Solvay Salindres former fluorochemicals units

Rue Jean Moulin / Quartier Usine, 30340 Salindres, Gard; regulated establishment AIOT 0006601578, France

Reviewed 27 Sept 20266 sources Open in Workspace

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Current evidenceNo qualifying ladder rung

Marketing status unresolved. 6 cited sources.

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Open issues

Remediation and safety certification, retained industrial uses, shared services and competing reuse studies constrain separation. Historic basin parcel references and the 110 ha platform area are not a developable boundary. Current title, owner release mandate, DC-compatible zoning, flood/ground constraints, dedicated access, fibre and cooling rights remain unresolved. A publicly documented 2025 ONEIDA purchaser-search mandate and subsequent reuse studies prevent an off-market assumption; whether that mandate is still active must be checked.

Marketing status unresolvedRecorded check: 27 Sept 2026

Overview

Historical closure and redevelopment evidence newly surfaced. DREAL records the final-shutdown notification of 11 March 2025; the 24 February 2026 corporate results confirm closure. The operator's November 2025 committee materials identify investigations of less-constrained areas for possible early release and third-party reuse, alongside retained-platform projects. This is a specific land-release investigation, not an available campus.

Next action

Retrieve the latest closure/safety and rehabilitation decisions from AIOT 0006601578 and the September 2026 DREAL committee hub. Match the possible early-release areas to cadastral title and the Osmoz/GIE reuse plans, then establish the Rhodia property decision-maker, release authority and any existing mandate before investigating a conditional option. Obtain the GIE supply agreement and upstream network/MIC evidence before testing campus scale. No contact made.

Research only. Independent development control and an actionable off-market opportunity have not been established.

POWER STUDY

Power

What the power evidence establishes

The site-specific connection scope has not been established for this record.

Power classDNo qualifying rung

No same-scope, dated import-MVA rung has document-seen or better verification. Nearby infrastructure, IT MW and marketing claims cannot upgrade the class.

The class describes published documentary evidence at its stated date. It does not prove current contractual rights, transferability or an energisation date.

Class describes evidence maturity. Public records do not prove current contractual rights, transferable capacity or an energisation date. This record has not received a complete power study review.

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Capacity ladder and evidence

Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.

Applied

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Offered

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Accepted / contracted

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Energised

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Connection point and load boundaries

Network operator: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Connection point: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Voltage: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Straight-line distance: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Published route length: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

IT load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published IT load in MW?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

Facility load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published facility load in MW?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

Import capacity

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published import capacity in MVA?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

These are different electrical quantities. No power factor, PUE or available import is assumed from an IT-load statement.

Connection agreement and conditions

Agreement type: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Phased capacity: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Flexibility obligations: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
On-site generation obligations: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What on-site generation obligations apply?
Securities posted: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Longstop dates: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?

Conflicts and scope comparisons

No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.

France grid context

Network publications frame the claim. They do not allocate capacity to this site.

No country context entries have been linked to this site. Applicable policy, capacity information and reinforcement dependencies need review.

Derived energisation window

Earliest plausible yearUnknown

Latest plausible yearUnknown

The observed inputs do not establish a bounded delivery range. Open bounds stay unknown.

Rule

Use only a same-scope, dated, document-verified capacity rung and an applicable duration to energisation published by the observed site operator. The named process operator and a named source publisher must match that operator. Earliest year is the maximum of stage date plus minimum duration and each evidenced readiness constraint. Latest year is the maximum of stage date plus maximum duration and each published upper constraint only when every required input is bounded. An offer-processing duration is excluded. A missing required input leaves the affected bound unknown; no padding or contractual delivery promise is inferred.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Dependencies driving the range

Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates: unknown.
Grid-works planning status and programme: unknown.
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme: unknown.

What the earliest case requires

Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
Grid-works planning status and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.

Missing inputs leave the range open

A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
Grid-works planning status and programme
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme

Indicative HV and connection capex

Unknown

Rule and scope

Sum each published complete scope quantity multiplied by the matching published benchmark minimum and maximum. Configuration, voltage, route type, unit, country applicability, currency and explicit price base year must match. No assumed route length, transformer count, exchange rate, inflation, fee uplift or partial index is inserted. The result is an indicative benchmark band, not an operator quotation or contractual connection charge.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Published connection works scope

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?

Scope completeness

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

Scope questions

Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.

Alternatives and policy exposure

Behind-the-meter generation

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

Battery storage

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

Private wire

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

Gas

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

Connection claim against current policy

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?

Open questions for a Reality Check

Generated from unknown fields, missing derivation inputs and unresolved evidence. The questions identify the documents or specialist checks needed next.

60 questions to resolve

Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.applied?
Verification has not been established.
What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.offered?
Verification has not been established.
What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.accepted?
Verification has not been established.
What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.energised?
Verification has not been established.
What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What on-site generation obligations apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published IT load in MW?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published facility load in MW?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published import capacity in MVA?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What operator-published connection-to-energisation duration applies to this site and connection stage?
An application-to-offer processing target is not an energisation duration.
Which reinforcements does the connection depend on, and what dates are published?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which grid works require planning, and what is their current consent status and dated programme?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which connection-policy conditions apply, and when could they be satisfied?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which checked country-grid sources and location-specific constraints apply to this connection?
No country-context relationship has been established for this record.
Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.
Connection-cost scope question.
Resolve the energisation input: A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Grid-works planning status and programme
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.
Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

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Earlier power notes and source context

Class DNo qualifying ladder rung

The operator's 2025 committee report documents a March 2024 failure and subsequent investment in the platform's 6 kV supply through the GIE. This is actual shared-infrastructure evidence, not spare import capacity. No network operator, upstream node, MIC/MVA, demand offer or transferable right has been verified. No sellable IT capacity is stated.

Demand MVA not published. A site-specific demand connection or evidenced supply assessment is still needed.

Historic generation and industrial use do not establish transferable demand rights. Published capacities retain their original units and scope.

Opportunity Score · Withheld: assessment incomplete

A sourced scenario assessment has not passed every gate. Existing record evidence is retained; missing assessments are not scored as zero.

Power (30%): Not assessed
No sourced scenario assessment recorded.
Source references: Not supplied
Land (20%): Not assessed
No sourced scenario assessment recorded.
Source references: Not supplied
Fibre (15%): Not assessed
No sourced scenario assessment recorded.
Source references: Not supplied
Planning (20%): Not assessed
No sourced scenario assessment recorded.
Source references: Not supplied
Demand (15%): Not assessed
No sourced scenario assessment recorded.
Source references: Not supplied

Source references are supplied by the analyst. IDs are not resolved or verified by this display; their evidence and relevance still require review.

Why the score is withheld

power: assessment missing or invalid
power: explanation and source IDs required
land: assessment missing or invalid
land: explanation and source IDs required
fibre: assessment missing or invalid
fibre: explanation and source IDs required
planning: assessment missing or invalid
planning: explanation and source IDs required
demand: assessment missing or invalid
demand: explanation and source IDs required
control gate: unknown
import gate: unknown
planning gate: unknown
marketing gate: unknown
Power class D or unverified: score withheld

Land control, import rights, planning and marketing must each be at least partially evidenced for the scenario. A named owner, a planning record or nearby infrastructure does not by itself pass these gates.

Power class D: no score is issued. Only Category A, B or an evidenced strong C route can be assessed.

Scenario fit is an analyst assessment, not a probability, qualification, investment recommendation or proof of financeability. Partial gates still require diligence.

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Land control

Identified owner / counterparty: Legal landowner not verified

Rhodia Opérations is the regulated operator. A 2022 BRGM record attributes the wider platform land to Rio Tinto and Rhodia/Solvay; it does not identify current title to each closed production unit. The whole platform and historic waste basins must not be treated as this parcel. A conditional option on a separately released Rhodia area is a proposed diligence route only; no authority, willingness or independent DC control is established. The government response of 3 June 2025 identifies ONEIDA as the mandated purchaser-search adviser, with interested industrial buyers; current mandate and transaction status need verification.

Planning & utilities

0 of 10 categories contain evidence. Status applies to the specific claim, not the whole site.

Not assessed

Planning & decisionsLand-use zoningGrid & import rightsFibre & dark fibreOwnership & development controlLand, footprint & accessFlood, ground & environmentWater, cooling & heatDemand & location fitProgramme & delivery

Evidence still needed

Planning & decisions
A current planning decision, conditions and any appeal or court proceedings still need to be checked.
Land-use zoning
The site boundary has not been matched to the current adopted zoning map and data-centre use policy.
Grid & import rights
Site-specific import rights, available MVA, connection milestones and any transfer restrictions remain unverified.
Fibre & dark fibre
No verified site entry, dark-fibre offer or physically diverse route assessment is recorded. Regional coverage alone is insufficient.
Ownership & development control
Legal title, land-owning entity, development-control route and restrictions need verification. A named developer does not establish availability.
Land, footprint & access
Gross and net developable area, boundaries, access rights, easements, setbacks and expansion space need site-specific evidence.
Flood, ground & environment
Flood risk, ground conditions, contamination, ecology, heritage, noise and air-quality constraints have not been fully assessed here.
Water, cooling & heat
Water availability and discharge, cooling technology, peak demand, heat reuse and utility agreements remain to be verified.
Demand & location fit
Customer geography, latency, cloud or exchange nodes and a supported use case need project-specific evidence; national growth alone is insufficient.
Programme & delivery
Permission expiry, commencement, energisation, enabling works, long-lead procurement and phase handovers need a reconciled programme.

Project team

Each appointment retains its evidenced planning, feasibility or construction scope.

Purchaser-search adviser

ONEIDA

Rhodia industrial purchaser search documented by the government on 3 June 2025; current mandate unverified, not a DC development appointment

Unlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.

Sources

Publication dates remain as supplied in the source title or note. A review date does not establish a permission, transaction or connection date.

Original documents and imagery retain their rights. Linking does not grant commercial redistribution rights.