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Montgomery County, Alabama

Montgomery County, Alabama has 478 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 6 records, against 180 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 80 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 13.8% of Alabama's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Southern CompanyRefreshed monthly
478MW
data centers, planned to operating
6
data center records, not cancelled
13.8%
of Alabama's data center MW
180MW
operating generation, 2 solar projects
80MW
planned generation, 1 project
1
data center developers active here
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Montgomery County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Lowndes Montgomery 478 MW Elmore no data centers Bullock Crenshaw Autauga no data centers Pike Macon
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
2.7times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Montgomery County's own plants cover 37.7% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 80 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating478 MW
Operating generation180 MW
Planned generation80 MW

Data centers by status

6 records, 478 MW

Operating199 MW2 records, 42%
Under construction279 MW4 records, 58%
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The data center pipeline

6 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 279 MW listed for 2027 and 199 MW for 2026.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
0100200300 Snapshot year 199 2026 279 2027
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YearRecordsMW
20262199
20274279
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 6 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Montgomery

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Meta 478 MW 6 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Meta6478
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Power generation in the county

2 plants operate inside Montgomery County, 180 MW of solar. The queue adds 80 MW across 1 project.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Montgomery County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 180 MW 2 projects
SolarPlanned 80 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating2180
SolarPlanned180
Operating: 180 MW. Planned: 80 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 260 MW against 478 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
020406080 80 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2027180
No planned project is past its listed year

Montgomery County against its neighbors

None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Autauga County has the most operating generation among them, 3.3 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Montgomery County this page 6
478
180
80 2.7x
Autauga County 0
0
3,342
0 0x
Elmore County 0
0
677
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Montgomery County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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added to a queue, 0 MW
1
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 80 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Montgomery County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Montgomery County, ALSince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Montgomery County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 9 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Montgomery County, ALStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 9 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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