Contra Costa County, California
Contra Costa County, California has 94 power projects in the FieldProspects database: 79 operating plants totaling 4.2 GW and 15 planned projects totaling 1.6 GW. No data center record lists the county. Natural Gas leads with 3.8 GW across 30 projects.
Contra Costa County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 4 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the county's operating generation is in the queue as new capacity: 1.6 GW planned across 15 projects against 4.2 GW operating.
Technology mix
94 projects, 5.8 GW planned and operating
Power generation in the county
79 plants operate inside Contra Costa County, 4.2 GW. The queue adds 1.6 GW across 15 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Contra Costa County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 30 | 3,792.4 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 10 | 205.3 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 8 | 1,602.6 |
| Wind | Operating | 2 | 116.2 |
| Solar | Operating | 28 | 89.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 7 | 5.7 |
| Waste Heat | Operating | 1 | 17.9 |
| Other | Operating | 3 | 12 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 5 | 6.8 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 2027 | 9 | 4.7 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 0 | 0 |
| 2030 | 0 | 0 |
| 2031 | 3 | 743.6 |
| 2032 | 2 | 857.2 |
Contra Costa County against its neighbors
Alameda County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 125.6 MW. 4 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda County | 3 | 2,291 | 0.09x | ||
| Sacramento County | 7 | 719 | 0.06x | ||
| Contra Costa County this page | 0 | 1,608 | 0x | ||
| San Joaquin County | 0 | 4,988 | 0x | ||
| Solano County | 0 | 1,777 | 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.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
11 projects in Contra Costa County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Contra Costa County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 11 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Contra Costa County
Project name, developer, status, MW, in-service year and the developer’s contacts, for all 94 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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