Kern County, California
Kern County, California has 100 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 18.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 27.8 GW of planned generation across 132 projects, 9 of them past their listed in-service date.
Kern County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 8 of its 8 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: 100 MW of data centers against 18.8 GW of plants, with 27.8 GW more planned.
Data centers by status
1 record, 100 MW
Power generation in the county
375 plants operate inside Kern County, 18.8 GW. The queue adds 27.8 GW across 132 projects, and 9 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Kern County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 176 | 6,756.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 61 | 13,218 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 43 | 3,224.9 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 66 | 12,635.9 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 80 | 4,950.1 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 655.7 |
| Wind | Operating | 56 | 3,676.8 |
| Wind | Planned | 3 | 820 |
| Other | Planned | 1 | 512 |
| Hydro | Operating | 11 | 104 |
| Biomass | Operating | 7 | 62 |
| Oil | Operating | 2 | 1.5 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 745.7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,106.5 |
| 2026 | 46 | 6,379.5 |
| 2027 | 23 | 3,489.3 |
| 2028 | 11 | 3,279.2 |
| 2029 | 18 | 6,029.5 |
| 2030 | 11 | 1,621.9 |
| 2031 | 9 | 2,348.2 |
| 2032 | 2 | 716.4 |
| 2033 | 3 | 1,125.3 |
Kern County against its neighbors
Los Angeles County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 209.4 MW, more than Kern County. 8 of the 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County | 9 | 13,010 | 0.01x | ||
| Kern County this page | 1 | 27,842 | 0.01x | ||
| Kings County | 1 | 9,245 | 0.04x | ||
| San Bernardino County | 0 | 12,508 | 0x | ||
| San Luis Obispo County | 0 | 1,709 | 0x | ||
| Ventura County | 0 | 2,061 | 0x | ||
| Tulare County | 0 | 2,816 | 0x | ||
| Inyo County | 0 | 2,524 | 0x | ||
| Santa Barbara County | 0 | 10 | 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.
9 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
41 projects in Kern County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Kern County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 41 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 Kern County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 508 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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