Imperial County, California
Imperial County, California has 330 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 4.6 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 4.5 GW of planned generation across 21 projects. That is 10.9% of California's data center MW.
Imperial County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 2 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 generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 330 MW of data centers against 4.6 GW of plants, with 4.5 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 330 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Imperial
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing | 1 | 330 |
Power generation in the county
118 plants operate inside Imperial County, 4.6 GW. The queue adds 4.5 GW across 21 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Imperial County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 46 | 2,155.8 |
| Solar | Planned | 5 | 2,075 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 7 | 701 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 7 | 1,988 |
| Geothermal | Operating | 36 | 788.5 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 10 | 513.1 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 7 | 112.8 |
| Wind | Operating | 1 | 265.4 |
| Wind | Planned | 1 | 265.4 |
| Hydro | Operating | 16 | 88.3 |
| Other | Planned | 1 | 50 |
| Oil | Operating | 1 | 24.9 |
| Biomass | Operating | 1 | 21 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 6 | 1,100 |
| 2028 | 2 | 299 |
| 2029 | 8 | 162.8 |
| 2030 | 2 | 504.4 |
| 2031 | 0 | 0 |
| 2032 | 1 | 125 |
| 2033 | 2 | 2,300 |
Imperial County against its neighbors
San Diego County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 10.8 MW, 3% of Imperial County's. 2 of the 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County this page | 1 | 4,491 | 0.07x | ||
| San Diego County | 2 | 1,929 | 0x | ||
| Riverside County | 1 | 15,127 | 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.
3 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
13 projects in Imperial County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Imperial County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 13 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 Imperial County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 140 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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